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Month: November 2016

Ariane 5

Photos: Ariane 5 on its jungle launch pad with navigation payloads

November 16, 2016 Stephen Clark

Take a walk around the Ariane 5 launch pad in French Guiana after the 16-story rocket arrived at the complex for liftoff Thursday with four European Galileo navigation satellites.

Ariane 5

Photos: Ariane 5’s trek to the launch pad for Galileo launch

November 16, 2016 Stephen Clark

An Ariane 5 rocket rolled out to its tropical launch pad in French Guiana this week leading up to Thursday’s launch of four Galileo navigation satellites for the European Commission.

Mission Reports

Three-person crew ready to embark on space station expedition

November 16, 2016 William Harwood

A veteran Russian cosmonaut, a rookie French flight engineer and a record-setting NASA astronaut making her third trip to the International Space Station are gearing up for launch Thursday aboard an upgraded Soyuz ferry craft, kicking off a two-day flight to the orbital laboratory.

Ariane 5

Europe’s navigation network turns to Ariane 5 for heavy-lifting

November 16, 2016 Stephen Clark

Four satellites fastened to the top of an Ariane 5 rocket will grow Europe’s space-based Galileo navigation network Thursday morning with a launch from the South American jungle.

Atlas 5

Forecasters worldwide brace for ‘data deluge’ from new weather satellites

November 16, 2016 Stephen Clark

High-tech cameras made in Indiana will soon be scanning across Asia, Australia, the Americas and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to give weather forecasters an unrivaled minute-by-minute glimpse of the development and movement of hurricanes, typhoons and storm systems.

Delta 4

Delta 4 rocket undergoes launch day simulation for its next Air Force mission

November 16, 2016 Justin Ray

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket went through a practice countdown and fueling exercise today to prepare for its Dec. 7 liftoff to deliver a U.S. military communications satellite into space.

Atlas 5

Preview: Weather satellite to touch the lives of every American ready to launch

November 16, 2016 Justin Ray

A new generation of spacecraft with unprecedented clarity and speed to observe the weather, improve forecasting and enhance tracking of severe storms across the United States begins with the launch of an Atlas 5 rocket on Saturday.

Atlas 5

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for crucial GOES-R satellite launch

November 16, 2016 Justin Ray

In the span of two weeks, United Launch Alliance technicians performed the basic buildup of the Atlas 5 rocket and then mated the advanced GOES-R weather satellite that will be hauled into space on Saturday.

Mission Reports

Soyuz crew launcher rolled out for liftoff from Kazakhstan

November 15, 2016 Stephen Clark

The Soyuz booster that will send the International Space Station’s next three residents into orbit later this week rolled out of an integration hangar early Monday and rode a railroad car to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Atlas 5

Weather forecast favorable for launch of new weather observatory atop Atlas 5

November 15, 2016 Justin Ray

Near-perfect weather for launching a rocket into space is expected at Cape Canaveral on Saturday when an Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled to fly.

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    September 26, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg
    September 25, 2025
  • ULA launches third batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites from Cape Canaveral
    September 25, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    September 25, 2025
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  • NRO, SpaceX launch reconnaissance satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
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    September 20, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    September 17, 2025
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