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First Ariane 5 launch of 2022 is a success for Malaysia and India clients



Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 22, 2022
On Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 06:50 pm local time, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (South America), successfully orbiting two geostationary telecommunication satellites, MEASAT-3d and GSAT-24. "With this Ariane 5 mission, Arianespace is honored to support the ambitions of two key actors in the Asia-Pacific region: MEASAT, the leading Malaysian satellite operator and NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a Government of India compa ... read more

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Chinese official says its Mars sample mission will beat NASA back to Earth
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 22, 2022
A senior Chinese space official said on Monday the country is on track to bring back rocks from the surface of Mars two years ahead of the planned joint effort by NASA and the European Space Agency ... more
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NASA Moon rocket test met 90% of objectives
Washington (AFP) June 21, 2022
NASA's fourth attempt to complete a critical test of its Moon rocket achieved around 90 percent of its goals, but there's still no firm date for the behemoth's first flight, officials said Tuesday. ... more
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Three-stage engine of China's new manned carrier rocket to enter prototype development
Beijing (XNA) Jun 19, 2022
A three-stage engine of China's new generation manned carrier rocket will go to prototype sample development, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The long-dist ... more
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches for its 13th time, a record for the company
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 17, 2021
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off on its record 13th launch on Friday afternoon as it sent 53 Starlink satellites into orbit. ... more
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South Korea launches homegrown Nuri rocket in major space milestone
Goheung, South Korea (UPI) Jun 21, 2022
South Korea successfully launched its first homegrown rocket on Tuesday, deploying a satellite into low-Earth orbit in a major milestone as the country jumps into the space race with both commercial ... more
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Go ahead for second round of micro-launcher payload competition
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2022
On 20 June 2022, the German Space Agency (DLR) launched the second round of its competition for zero-cost flights of small satellites on microlaunchers developed and constructed in Germany. This mar ... more
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SpaceX launches three rockets in 36 hours
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 21, 2022
SpaceX launched three missions in just over 36 hours, including two from Florida's Space Coast with most recent a two-stage Falcon 9 early Sunday. The third rocket lifted off from Florida's Ca ... more
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South Korea launches domestically-developed space rocket
Seoul (AFP) June 21, 2022
South Korea launched its first domestically-developed space rocket on Tuesday, the government said, the country's second attempt after a launch last October failed. ... more
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NASA fully loads Artemis 1 rocket with fuel in successful 'wet' rehearsal
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 21, 2022
NASA's fourth attempt Monday to complete a practice launch day exercise for its huge uncrewed moon rocket Artemis 1 was deemed a success at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crews were able ... more
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Vega-C set for inaugural launch
Paris (ESA) Jun 19, 2022
ESA's new medium-lift Vega-C rocket is nearly ready for its inaugural flight, with its four fully-stacked stages now ready for payload integration, final checks and launch from Europe's Spaceport in ... more
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China's deep space exploration laboratory starts operation
Beijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2022
China's deep space exploration laboratory has started operations, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said Tuesday. Co-established by the CNSA, Anhui Province and the University of ... more
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FAA requires SpaceX to make environmental changes to Starbase in Texas
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 13, 2021
The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said SpaceX will be required to make more than 75 changes to the orbital launch program at its Starbase launch site in Texas after determining there would be some environmental impacts to the surrounding area. ... more

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Astra rocket fails to deliver 2 small satellites after launch, NASA says
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 12, 2022
NASA said a rocket carrying two small weather satellites failed Sunday, preventing the inauguration of a technology that would have helped better forecast hurricanes. The rocket by California- ... more
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Shenzhou XIV taikonauts to conduct 24 medical experiments in space
Beijing (XNA) Jun 10, 2022
Taikonauts of the Shenzhou XIV crew will carry out 24 in-orbit medical experiments during their six-month stay in China's space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency on Thursday. ... more
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Artemis II engine section moves to final assembly
New Orleans LA (SPX) Jun 10, 2022
On May 24, 2022, the core stage production team moved the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket engine section for Artemis II to the core stage final integration area at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility ... more
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NASA Supplier Completes Manufacturing Artemis III SLS Booster Motors
Promontory UT (SPX) Jun 09, 2022
The 10 Space Launch System (SLS) rocket motor segments that will help launch the Artemis III crew on their mission to land on the Moon are complete. Teams finished manufacturing the segments for the ... more
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NASA Marshall Team Delivers Tiny, Powerful 'Lunar Flashlight' Propulsion System
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 09, 2022
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, have built some of the largest rocket engines ever to light up the icy reaches of space. Now Marshall and its commercial part ... more
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SpaceX launches Nilesat 301 satellite, recovers Falcon 9 first stage
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 8, 2021
SpaceX on Wednesday launched a communications satellite and recovered its Falcon 9 rocket at sea. ... more
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UK and US to launch Joint Mission Aboard UK's first Virgin Orbit orbital flight
Long Beach CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2022
Satellite launch company Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) announces today that a joint mission between the United Kingdom's Defense Science and Technology Laboratory and the United States Naval Research ... more
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CIRCE space weather suite announced for first UK satellite launch
London, UK (SPX) Jun 08, 2022
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory's (Dstl) miniaturised space weather instrumentation suite will be one of the payloads aboard Virgin Orbit which is targeting the first UK satellite laun ... more
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Shenzhou XIV astronauts transporting supplies into space station
Beijing (XNA) Jun 07, 2022
Crew members of the Shenzhou XIV spaceflight have begun to transport living and mission supplies to the Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency said in a ... more
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NASA rolls SLS moon rocket back out to Kennedy Space Center launch pad
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 07, 2022
NASA's Space Launch System moon rocket reached the launching pad at Kenndy Space Center in Florida Monday morning after its slow-rolling 4.2-mile hike. The tr ... more
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2022
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Students take their imagination to the lunar surface in the latest Moon Camp Challenge
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 22, 2022
From a base built by rovers and astronauts using in-situ resources at the lunar south pole to a north pole facility with surface and subsurface living/working areas, the 2021-2022 Moon Camp Challenge's winning projects once again highlighted students' ability to envision the future of space exploration. This fourth edition of the Moon Camp Challenge involved a record participation of 5,649 ... more
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You can help scientists study the atmosphere on Jupiter
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jun 23, 2022
A new citizen science project, led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities with support from NASA, allows volunteers to play an important role in helping scientists learn more about the atmosphere on Jupiter. Citizen scientists can help astrophysicists categorize tens of thousands of stunning images taken from the Juno spacecraft with just a web browser. The planet Jupite ... more
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NASA mission discovers 2 Earth-like exoplanets
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 16, 2021
NASA announced Wednesday it discovered two rocky exoplanets similar to Earth orbiting a dwarf star near our solar system but are believed to both be too hot to sustain life as we know it. The space agency's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission, or TESS, said the planets are 33 light-years away, some of the closest rocky exoplanets ever found. "Both planets rate in the to ... more
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches for its 13th time, a record for the company
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 17, 2021
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off on its record 13th launch on Friday afternoon as it sent 53 Starlink satellites into orbit. The rocket took off from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, with the first stage sticking a successful return and landing at the Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship shortly after lift off. SpaceX said the same first stage booster support was used in the GPS III-3, T ... more
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Chinese official says its Mars sample mission will beat NASA back to Earth
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 22, 2022
A senior Chinese space official said on Monday the country is on track to bring back rocks from the surface of Mars two years ahead of the planned joint effort by NASA and the European Space Agency to do the same thing. Sun Zezhou, the chief designer of China's first Mars mission, Tianwen 1, said in a talk celebrating the 120th anniversary of Nanjing University, that China is ready to send ... more
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NASA spacecraft observes Asteroid Bennu's boulder 'Body Armor'
Littleton CO (SPX) Jun 19, 2022
Asteroid Bennu's boulder-covered surface gives it protection against small meteoroid impacts, according to observations of craters by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft. "These observations give new insight into how asteroids like Bennu respond to energetic impacts," said Edward (Beau) Bierhaus of Lockheed Ma ... more
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Directed Energy leader recaps time in AFRL, looks ahead to space position
Kirtland AFB NM (AFRL) Jun 16, 2022
Dr. Kelly Hammett, who has led the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate for the past six years, departed AFRL June 6 for his new assignment as director of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpRCO), both located on Kirtland AFB. "I will miss bragging on the Directed Energy team, and all that we accomplished in the six years I was in the director's seat," said Hammett. ... more
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Ottawa (AFP) June 20, 2022
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SwRI researcher shows how elliptical craters could shed light on age of Saturn's moons
San Antonio TX (SPX) Jun 22, 2022
A new SwRI study describes how unique populations of craters on two of Saturn's moons could help indicate the satellites' age and the conditions of their formation. Using data from NASA's Cassini mission, SwRI postdoctoral researcher Dr. Sierra Ferguson surveyed elliptical craters on Saturn's moons Tethys and Dione for this study, which was co-authored by SwRI Principal Scientist Dr. Alyssa Rhod ... more
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Berkeley CA (SPX) May 18, 2022
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