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January 23, 2019

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[ January 22, 2019 ] China’s Long March 11 rocket lofts Earth-imaging and tech demo satellites Mission Reports
[ January 22, 2019 ] Live coverage: Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon set for test-firing this week Falcon 9
[ January 21, 2019 ] Live view of launch pad 39A as SpaceX readies first Crew Dragon for launch (members only) Members
[ January 19, 2019 ] Delta 4-Heavy rocket launches U.S. spy satellite into unusual orbit Delta 4
[ January 19, 2019 ] Blue Origin reschedules New Shepard launch for Wednesday Mission Reports

China’s Long March 11 rocket lofts Earth-imaging and tech demo satellites

January 22, 2019

China’s second space launch of the year released four satellites into orbits more than 300 miles in altitude, adding two spacecraft to the Chinese-owned Jilin 1 commercial Earth-imaging constellation and deploying two smallsats on tech demo missions.

Live coverage: Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon set for test-firing this week

January 22, 2019

SpaceX is gearing up this week for a hold-down test-firing in Florida of a Falcon 9 rocket set to launch the company’s Crew Dragon capsule on a test flight in February to the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon test flight is a precursor to the spaceship’s first mission with astronauts later this year.

Live view of launch pad 39A as SpaceX readies first Crew Dragon for launch (members only)

January 21, 2019

A live view of launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center where SpaceX is preparing for a test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft without astronauts aboard.

Delta 4-Heavy rocket launches U.S. spy satellite into unusual orbit

January 19, 2019

A top secret surveillance payload owned by the National Reconnaissance Office soared into space Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on top of a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket, entering an unusual orbit not previously used by the U.S. government’s spy satellite fleet.

Blue Origin reschedules New Shepard launch for Wednesday

January 19, 2019

Blue Origin plans to launch its single stage New Shepard suborbital booster Wednesday as the commercial space company moves closer to flying people to the edge of space.

Live coverage: Delta 4-Heavy launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base

January 19, 2019

United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket lifted off at 11:10 a.m. PST (2:10 p.m. EST; 1910 GMT) Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, after a month-long delay to troubleshoot a hydrogen leak in one of its boosters. The heavy-lifter was on a mission to send a U.S. government spy satellite into orbit.

First of up to seven ULA launches this year set for Saturday

January 18, 2019

The first of up to seven missions planned on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas and Delta rocket fleets this year is scheduled for Saturday from California’s Central Coast, when a Delta 4-Heavy is set for blastoff on a spy satellite delivery flight delayed a month to troubleshoot a hydrogen fuel leak in a booster.

Relativity Space obtains Air Force approval for Cape Canaveral launch pad

January 18, 2019

Launch startup Relativity Space has won approval from the U.S. Air Force to take over a disused launch pad at Cape Canaveral for the company’s methane-fueled Terran 1 rocket, a 3D-printed launcher that could carry small satellites into orbit by the end of 2020.

Japan’s Epsilon rocket launches seven tech demo satellites

January 18, 2019

Seven small satellites launched aboard a Japanese Epsilon rocket Friday, including a diverse suite of tech demo payloads and a spacecraft designed to create an artificial meteor shower next year that developers say should be visible with the naked eye.

Live coverage: Epsilon rocket lifts off with seven satellites

January 17, 2019

Seven Japanese and Vietnamese smallsats are set to ride Japan’s solid-fueled Epsilon launcher into orbit at 0050 GMT Friday (7:50 p.m. EST Thursday) on a mission that engineers say will demonstrate the light-class rocket’s ability to accommodate multiple payloads on a single flight.

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