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USAF awards ULA satcom launch

Tue, 2011-11-29 15:47
The US Air Force has awarded $150 million (£95 million) to United Launch Alliance for the launch of the fifth Boeing Wideband Global Satellite Communications...
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IN FOCUS: New competitors step up in EELV market

Sun, 2011-11-27 01:46
New commercial ventures have sprung up to offer the USA evolved expendable launch vehicles in competition with Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture United Launch Alliance
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J-2X full-duration burn accomplished

Sun, 2011-11-27 01:46
NASA has completed the first full burn test of the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne J-2X rocket engine. The engine, powered by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen,...
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DARPA solicits air-launch proposals

Sun, 2011-11-27 01:46
DARPA has released a broad area announcement (BAA) calling for information about launching small satellites from aircraft as a low-cost alternative to expensive...
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China launches capsule to test docking tech

Sun, 2011-11-27 01:46
China has launched a Shenzhou 8 from the Jiuquan launch site in western China. The spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the already-orbiting Tiangong...
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Soyuz, Delta launch successfully

Sun, 2011-11-27 01:46
A Progress-M13 capsule successfully launched on 30 October from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. It marks the first flight to the International Space Station...
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ANALYSIS: CCDev walks the fine line

Sun, 2011-11-27 01:46
The commercial crew development (CCDev) programme, on which NASA has pinned its hopes for low Earth orbit (LEO), is entering a crucial period. The resolution...
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First Soyuz launch from French Guiana

Sun, 2011-11-27 01:46
The first two Galileo navigation satellites have successfully taken orbit after the 21 October launch. The satellites, launched from Kourou in French Guiana...
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Virgin Galactic inaugurates spaceport

Sun, 2011-11-27 01:46
Virgin Galactic has formally inaugurated Spaceport America, from which the company plans to begin suborbital flights into space in 2012. The 17 October...
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Cubesat: a satellite in a box

Sun, 2011-11-27 01:46
University of Surrey engineering department lecturer Chris Bridges reckons that of the 200 to 250 active Cubesat projects, STRaND-1 is possibly the most sophisticated, but SSTL and the Surrey Space Centre are not the only big names to work with this small format
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IN FOCUS: New competitors step up in EELV market

Fri, 2011-11-25 15:46
New commercial ventures have sprung up to offer the USA evolved expendable launch vehicles in competition with Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture United Launch Alliance
Categories: Space News

J-2X full-duration burn accomplished

Fri, 2011-11-25 15:46
NASA has completed the first full burn test of the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne J-2X rocket engine. The engine, powered by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen,...
Categories: Space News

DARPA solicits air-launch proposals

Fri, 2011-11-25 15:46
DARPA has released a broad area announcement (BAA) calling for information about launching small satellites from aircraft as a low-cost alternative to expensive...
Categories: Space News

China launches capsule to test docking tech

Fri, 2011-11-25 15:46
China has launched a Shenzhou 8 from the Jiuquan launch site in western China. The spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the already-orbiting Tiangong...
Categories: Space News

Soyuz, Delta launch successfully

Fri, 2011-11-25 15:46
A Progress-M13 capsule successfully launched on 30 October from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. It marks the first flight to the International Space Station...
Categories: Space News

ANALYSIS: CCDev walks the fine line

Fri, 2011-11-25 15:46
The commercial crew development (CCDev) programme, on which NASA has pinned its hopes for low Earth orbit (LEO), is entering a crucial period. The resolution...
Categories: Space News

First Soyuz launch from French Guiana

Fri, 2011-11-25 15:46
The first two Galileo navigation satellites have successfully taken orbit after the 21 October launch. The satellites, launched from Kourou in French Guiana...
Categories: Space News

Virgin Galactic inaugurates spaceport

Fri, 2011-11-25 15:46
Virgin Galactic has formally inaugurated Spaceport America, from which the company plans to begin suborbital flights into space in 2012. The 17 October...
Categories: Space News

Cubesat: a satellite in a box

Fri, 2011-11-25 15:46
University of Surrey engineering department lecturer Chris Bridges reckons that of the 200 to 250 active Cubesat projects, STRaND-1 is possibly the most sophisticated, but SSTL and the Surrey Space Centre are not the only big names to work with this small format
Categories: Space News

IN FOCUS: New competitors step up in EELV market

Thu, 2011-11-24 10:00
New commercial ventures have sprung up to offer the USA evolved expendable launch vehicles in competition with Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture United Launch Alliance
Categories: Space News