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Space News November 9, 2023

Starlab Space Station to boost European Space Agency ambitions in low-Earth orbit

MoU between ESA, Airbus and Voyager Space outlines collaboration on post-International Space Station infrastructure and missions The European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defence and Space,…

Space News March 25, 2021

OneWeb launches 36 satellites from Russia to extend internet orbit

MOSCOW (Reuters) – OneWeb launched 36 satellites into orbit from a cosmodrome in the far east of Russia on Thursday as part of the satellite…

Space News June 30, 2020

Solar Orbiter commissioned in orbit despite Covid-19

Airbus teams working from home successfully complete In-Orbit Commissioning Airbus has successfully completed the In-Orbit Commissioning (IOC) of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Solar Orbiter…

Space News March 26, 2020

Airbus successfully completes In Orbit Commissioning of CHEOPS

Airbus meets all expectations and the spacecraft is delivered in orbit Madrid, 26 March 2020 – Airbus has received confirmation from ESA of a successful…

Military Aviation News, Space News October 28, 2019

Air Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane lands after spending 780 days in orbit

GeekWire: The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane landed today after spending a record-setting 780 days in orbit testing hush-hush technologies for long-duration spaceflight. Touchdown…

General Aviation News, Space News August 21, 2018

Stratolaunch Announces New Launch Vehicles

Family of launch vehicles will begin regular service to orbit in 2020. Stratolaunch announces today its new family of launch vehicles that will enter regular…

Space News September 11, 2017

Boeing to Design and Build Seven Medium Earth Orbit Satellites for SES

The satellites will carry Boeing’s most-advanced digital payload applicable to all orbits Boeing will design and build seven super-powered medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites for…

Space News July 5, 2016

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft in Orbit Around Mighty Jupiter (video)

After an almost five-year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit during a 35-minute engine burn. Confirmation that…

Space News May 24, 2016

ESA: 14 Galileo satellites now in orbit

Named for the astronomer who pinpointed Earth’s true position in the Solar System, the Galileo satellite navigation system that will help Europe find its way…

General Aviation News, Space News August 4, 2014

7th Boeing GPS IIF Delivered to Orbit and Operational

A Boeing Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite, launched late yesterday, has sent the signals to controllers that confirm it is currently operating properly within…

Space News April 30, 2014

Kazakhstan’s first Earth observation satellite has been placed successfully in orbit

KazEOSat-1 (formerly known as DZZ-HR), the Republic of Kazakhstan’s first Earth observation satellite, was successfully launched last night on board a Vega launcher from the…

Space News December 6, 2013

Chang’e-3 enters lunar orbit

BEIJING – China’s Chang’e-3 probe entered a circular lunar orbit at 5:53 pm Friday Beijing Time, after about 112 hours on a Earth-Moon transfer orbit,…

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