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NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket back on pad 39B for nighttime launch attempt

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NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket emerges from the Vehicle Assembly Building late Nov. 3. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket arrived back on its Florida launch pad Friday, ready for a series of overnight launch opportunities beginning Nov. 14 to start a crucial, long-delayed test flight that officials hope will set …

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Rocket Lab’s next launch will feature mid-air booster recovery attempt

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A camera on Rocket Lab’s recovery helicopter shows the Electron booster under its parachute following launch in May. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab will try again Friday to catch an Electron first stage booster after launching from New Zealand with a small Swedish science satellite, six months after the company’s first mid-air recovery attempt. The …

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SpaceX launches Airbus-built TV broadcasting spacecraft for Eutelsat

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 1:22 a.m. EDT (0522 GMT) Thursday with the Hotbird 13G communications satellite. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched the second in a series of three Falcon 9 rocket missions early Thursday for the European satellite operator Eutelsat, delivering to orbit a television broadcasting …

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NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket ready for ride back to launch pad

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NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA After replacing and recharging batteries in the Vehicle Assembly Building, NASA ground teams plan to roll the more than 30-story-tall Space Launch System rocket back to its launch pad early Friday at Kennedy Space Center for another try …

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Live coverage: SpaceX counting down to late-night launch for Eutelsat

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Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket will launch Eutelsat’s Hotbird 13G geostationary communications satellite. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live SpaceX is poised to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday night from Cape …

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SpaceX teams in Florida prep for second launch in as many days

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An Airbus Beluga cargo plane delivered the Hotbird 13G communications satellite, seen here inside its shipping container, to Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 15. Credit: Airbus One day after launching a triple-body Falcon Heavy rocket a few miles up the coast, SpaceX rolled its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket to a launch pad at Cape Canaveral …

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ep.365: Precise Navigation using LEO Satellites, with Tyler Reid

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Dr. Tyler Reid, co-founder and CTO of Xona Space Systems, discusses a new type of global navigation satellite system (GNSS). Xona Space Systems plans to provide centimeter-level positioning accuracy and will serve the emerging autonomous vehicle community, where precise navigation is key. Reid discusses the advantages and technical challenges of a low Earth orbit (LEO) …

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Falcon Heavy ‘simply outstanding’ on SpaceX’s first launch to geosynchronous orbit

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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy climbs into space from Kennedy Space Center on the U.S. Space Force’s USSF-44 mission. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography The U.S. Space Force confirmed Tuesday that a Falcon Heavy launcher placed two main payloads and at least three smaller rideshare satellites directly into a high-altitude geosynchronous orbit after …

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