NASA re-established contact with the STEREO-B sun-watching satellite on Sunday almost two years after the spacecraft had fallen silent during what was expected to be a routine test run.
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Planet Labs’ Flock 1B-6 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on August 22, 2016 after nearly one year in orbit, collecting Earth imagery that Planet Labs offers on the commercial market.
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The classified delivery of a pair of orbital informant satellites on Friday by a Delta IV rocket was documented on video by satellite observers on the ground, collecting fascinating imagery of the satellite separation sequence unfolding 36,000 Kilometers overhead.
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The International Space Station received a new parking spot on Friday in a challenging spacewalk completed by ISS Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins.
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A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket blasts off from SLC-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in a midnight hour launch on Friday to embark on a long ascent mission to deliver a pair of satellites for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program directly into a drift orbit 36,000 Kilometers above Earth.
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Thundering off from the United States Space Coast in a midnight hour launch on Friday, a ULA Delta IV embarked on a long mission to boost a pair of satellites into orbit for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program – a ‘neighborhood watch’ effort by the United States Air Force to keep tabs on potential threats to U.S. space assets.
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Thundering off from the United States Space Coast in a midnight hour launch on Friday, a ULA Delta IV embarked on a long mission to boost a pair of satellites into orbit for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program
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A Falcon 9 booster completes a propulsive landing on SpaceX’s Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship in the Atlantic Ocean after successfully dispatching the JCSat-16 communications satellite to orbit last Sunday.
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The International Space Station’s robotic duo was in action throughout Wednesday night and on Thursday to pre-position an critical docking adapter to be installed during a spacewalk on Friday to give ISS a new parking spot to be utilized by Commercial Crew vehicles to dock at the orbiting outpost.
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Two satellites patrolling the Geostationary Satellite Belt are ready for launch atop a Delta IV rocket this Friday to join a similar satellite pair launched in 2014 as part of a “neighborhood watch” effort by the United States Air Force.
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Russia is evaluating a reduction of its three-person International Space Station crew complement to only two Cosmonauts staffing the Russian segment of the orbiting laboratory.
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A critical docking adapter installation is on tap aboard the International Space Station this week with ambitious task outline split between robotic work completed remotely from the ground and a spacewalk to be carried out on Friday by Station Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins.
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China sent a ground breaking scientific experiment into orbit on Monday to build the foundation for secure communications technology of the future.
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SpaceX earned double check marks Saturday night, successfully launching its Falcon 9 rocket to deliver the JCSat-16 communications satellite to a high-energy orbit and managing a perfect landing of the rocket’s first stage on the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship in the Atlantic Ocean to be ferried back to shore for continued re-use testing.
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Video: Falcon 9 lifts off with JCSat-16
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Photos: Falcon 9 lights up the Night over Cape Canaveral
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SpaceX completed the Static Fire Test on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket ahead of its next commercial satellite launch set for the early hours on Sunday.
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