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June 26, 2017

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[ June 26, 2017 ] TDRS-M satellite and its Atlas 5 rocket shipped to Florida for launch campaign Atlas 5
[ June 25, 2017 ] SpaceX launches and lands second Falcon 9 rocket in two days Falcon 9
[ June 25, 2017 ] Video: Rocketcam replay of Iridium satellite deployment Falcon 9
[ June 25, 2017 ] Video: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg, lands in Pacific Falcon 9
[ June 25, 2017 ] Falcon 9 rocket launching Sunday sports fin upgrade Falcon 9

TDRS-M satellite and its Atlas 5 rocket shipped to Florida for launch campaign

June 26, 2017

A space-bound NASA satellite was hauled aboard a military transport aircraft from a Southern California factory to the launch site in Florida on Friday and its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket booster arrived by sea from the manufacturing plant in Alabama today.
Secret Russian satellite launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome

June 23, 2017

A modified version of Russia’s Soyuz rocket launched Friday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a spaceport on the edge of the Russian Arctic, with a military satellite whose mission is shrouded in mystery.
Bulgaria’s first communications satellite heaved into orbit

June 23, 2017

Launching into a sun-splashed summertime afternoon sky, a previously-flown SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbed into orbit from Florida’s east coast Friday with a U.S.-built, Bulgarian-owned television broadcasting satellite.
Video: Press site view of Friday’s Falcon 9 launch

June 23, 2017

Watch a replay of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket taking off from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with the BulgariaSat 1 communications satellite, as viewed from the press viewing site around three miles away.
40th flight of India’s PSLV declared a success

June 23, 2017

An Indian mapping satellite and 30 other payloads vaulted into space Friday aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, arriving in an on-the-mark orbit more than 300 miles above Earth.
Falcon 9 launch timeline with BulgariaSat 1

June 23, 2017

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Thursday evening, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the BulgariaSat 1 communications satellite into orbit 35 minutes later.
Live coverage: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off from Florida, lands on ship

June 23, 2017

One of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket boosters made its second trip into space Friday, lofting a Bulgarian television broadcasting satellite from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, then landing on a platform in the Atlantic Ocean. Liftoff occurred at 3:10 p.m. EDT (1910 GMT).
Photos: India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle prepared for liftoff

June 22, 2017

Ready for its 40th launch, India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is set to carry 31 satellites into orbit Friday, and these photos chronicle the rocket’s launch preparations.
Live coverage: India’s PSLV delivers international payloads to orbit

June 22, 2017

India launched the 40th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle mission Friday carrying an Earth observation satellite and 30 secondary payloads from 15 nations. Liftoff occurred at 0359 GMT Friday (11:59 p.m. EDT Thursday).
Head of BulgariaSat says satellite project would be impossible without SpaceX

June 22, 2017

On the eve of the launch of his country’s first communications satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket, the chief executive of BulgariaSat credited SpaceX’s cost-cutting ways with making space accessible for small nations and money-conscious companies like his own.

SpaceX launches and lands second Falcon 9 rocket in two days

News Headlines

TDRS-M satellite and its Atlas 5 rocket shipped to Florida for launch campaign

Secret Russian satellite launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Bulgaria’s first communications satellite heaved into orbit

Video: Press site view of Friday’s Falcon 9 launch

40th flight of India’s PSLV declared a success

Falcon 9 launch timeline with BulgariaSat 1

Live coverage: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off from Florida, lands on ship

Photos: India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle prepared for liftoff

Live coverage: India’s PSLV delivers international payloads to orbit

Head of BulgariaSat says satellite project would be impossible without SpaceX

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