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SpaceX launches communications satellite for Spain’s Hispasat
by Stephen Clark on February 6, 2023 at 6:24 am
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Monday night from Cape Canaveral with Amazonas Nexus, a powerhouse satellite owned by the Spanish company Hispasat to connect […]
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Spanish-owned communications satellite ready for launch from Cape Canaveral
by Stephen Clark on February 4, 2023 at 2:19 pm
A nearly five-ton satellite for the Spanish company Hispasat is ready for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Monday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, beginning a […]
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Space station astronauts finish preps for next pair of new solar arrays
by Stephen Clark on February 2, 2023 at 6:57 pm
Continuing work left over from a spacewalk last month, astronauts Nicole Mann and Koichi Wakata headed outside the International Space Station Thursday to […]
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SpaceX launches 53 more Starlink internet satellites
by Stephen Clark on February 2, 2023 at 4:16 am
A Falcon 9 rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Thursday with 53 more Starlink satellites for SpaceX's global internet network.
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20 years after Columbia disaster, lessons learned still in sharp focus at NASA
by William Harwood on February 1, 2023 at 10:44 pm
Twenty years ago, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart high over Texas on the way to landing in Florida, killing a crew of seven astronauts in a tragedy with […]
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Starlink satellites, Italian space tug launched by SpaceX rocket
by Stephen Clark on January 31, 2023 at 11:22 pm
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday from California's Central Coast with 49 Starlink internet satellites and a rideshare space tug for the Italian […]
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from California
by Stephen Clark on January 31, 2023 at 3:15 pm
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday with 49 Starlink internet satellites and a rideshare payload for the Italian company D-Orbit. Liftoff from Vandenberg […]
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SpaceX launches heaviest payload on Falcon 9 rocket
by Stephen Clark on January 26, 2023 at 2:32 am
A Falcon 9 rocket thundered off a launch pad at Cape Canaveral before dawn Thursday with another batch of 56 Starlink satellites, setting a record for the […]
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Rocket Lab primed for busy year after first launch from Virginia
by Stephen Clark on January 24, 2023 at 11:51 pm
Rocket Lab’s first mission from a launch pad in Virginia delivered three small commercial satellites into orbit Tuesday night, starting what the company […]
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches first mission from Virginia
by Stephen Clark on January 24, 2023 at 9:08 pm
Rocket Lab launched its first mission from a new launch site in Virginia Tuesday. The company's small satellite launcher took off from Virginia's Eastern Shore […]