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MEASAT selects Arianespace for launch of MEASAT-3d

Nov 22, 2019 (SPX)

MEASAT-3d, a new multi-mission telecommunications satellite, will be launched into geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5 heavy-lift launch vehicle from th...

SpaceX's Starship prototype blows its top during Texas test

Nov 22, 2019 (UPI)

Images captured by two independent videographers from outside the plant - LabPadre and SPadre on YouTube - showed the top of the rocket flying into the air as a...

NASA contracts SpaceX to launch another Dragon filled with cargo

Nov 21, 2019 (SPX)

The space station, entering its 20th year of continuous human presence, provides opportunities for research by government agencies, private industry, and academ...

Roscosmos creates rocket-monitoring system using technology found in smart homes

Nov 19, 2019 (Sputnik)

Roscosmos has come up with a system aimed at making sure that all rocketry components and other space systems remain in working order during transportation, a p...

Arianespace will orbit TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 with Ariane 5

Nov 18, 2019 (SPX)

Through this mission, Arianespace highlights its ability to be at the service of innovative satellite solutions for commercial and institutional needs. VA250 wi...

SpaceX Crew Dragon releases photos of emergency escape engines test

Nov 15, 2019 (Sputnik)

The engines that SpaceX ignited Thursday are part of the Crew Dragon's emergency abort system - a test of the important part of the spacecraft that will activat...

Thruster for next-generation spacecraft undergoes testing at Glenn

Nov 15, 2019 (SPX)

NEXT-C is a powerful next-generation solar electric propulsion system that could propel future long-duration science missions. The technology was developed at G...

China sends five satellites into orbit via single rocket

Nov 15, 2019 (XNA)

The five Ningxia-1 satellites were launched by a Long March-6 carrier rocket at 2:35 p.m. (Beijing Time). The satellites are part of a commercial satellite proj...

SpaceX Completes Crew Dragon Static Fire Tests

Nov 15, 2019 (SPX)

The engine tests, conducted near SpaceX's Landing Zone 1 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, began with two burns for a duration of one-second each ...

ATLAS Space Operations partners with Aevum to support ASLON-45 Space Lift

Nov 12, 2019 (SPX)

The partnership expands on the existing collaboration between ATLAS and Aevum with the $4.9 million ASLON-45 mission, which provides orbital launch services to ...

All four engines are attached to the SLS Core Stage for Artemis I

Nov 12, 2019 (SPX)

The completed core stage with all four RS-25 engines attached is the largest rocket stage NASA has built since the Saturn V stages for the Apollo Program that f...

Advanced electric propulsion thruster for NASA's Gateway achieves full power demonstration

Nov 11, 2019 (SPX)

The state-of-the-art AEPS Hall thruster operated at 12.5 kilowatts (kW) as part of its final conditioning sequence during testing at the Jet Propulsion Laborato...

New payload fairing from RUAG Space enables quieter journey to space

Nov 07, 2019 (SPX)

As part of the Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP) of the European Space Agency (ESA), RUAG Space has developed this new separation and jettison syste...

Elon Musk reveals why SpaceX is trying to develop a reusable orbital rocket

Nov 07, 2019 (Sputnik)

Elon Musk has revealed why SpaceX is doing its best to design a reusable orbital rocket, saying it is the ultimate goal of the space industry. "With respect to ...

UK Space Agency backs small satellite launches from Cornwall with new funds

Nov 07, 2019 (SPX)

The funding will help to develop advanced ground support equipment, including UK-based manufacturing of key equipment, and conduct mission planning. Together wi...

Next generation Electron Booster on the pad for Rocket Lab's 10th mission

Nov 07, 2019 (SPX)

Onboard this rideshare mission are six spacecraft comprised of 5cm PocketQube microsatellites from satellite manufacturer and mission management provider Alba O...

Rocket Lab to use Siemens software to explore new frontiers of space

Nov 07, 2019 (SPX)

Rocket Lab plans to implement Siemens hi-tech industrial software to help digitally manage the lifecycle needs of the business. The software is from the Xcelera...

Not your average rocket launch; 45th SW supports Pegasus ICON

Nov 07, 2019 (SPX)

Skid Strip? That's quite different than a standard launch from the Cape - don't rockets launch from pads? The skid strip, a smaller flight line on Cape Canavera...

NASA science, cargo heads to Space Station on Northrop Grumman mission

Nov 03, 2019 (SPX)

The spacecraft launched on an Antares 230+ rocket from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at Wallops and is scheduled to arrive at the space ...

British hypersonic engine passes key test

Nov 01, 2019 (SPX)

The company's Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE) is intended to enable aircraft to fly over five times the speed of sound in the atmosphere. One of ...