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VideoProton rocket, Russian-German astronomy satellite arrive at launch pad
A rocket-transporting railroad car ferried a Proton rocket to its launch pad Friday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final checkouts and testing before the vehicle's scheduled June 21 liftoff with the Russian-German Spektr-RG X-ray telescope.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with Radarsat satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 10:17:10 a.m. EDT (7:17:10 a.m. PDT; 1417:10 GMT) Wednesday with the Radarsat Constellation Mission for the Canadian government. The Falcon 9's first stage successfully landed back at Vandenberg around eight minutes later.
VideoChina’s first sea launch declared a success
A solid-fueled Long March 11 rocket fired out of a container aboard a barge in the Yellow Sea on Wednesday with seven satellites heading into orbit on China's first space launch from an ocean vessel.
VideoLive coverage: Dragon cargo capsule returns to Earth
A commercial Dragon cargo capsule wrapped up a four-week stay at the International Space Station on Monday with a departure from the complex at 12:01 p.m. EDT (1601 GMT). The spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 5:48 p.m. EDT (2148 GMT) with several tons of research specimens and equipment.
VideoProton rocket lifts off with Yamal 601 communications satellite
On its first launch of the year, a Russian-made Proton rocket lifted off Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with a French-built, Russian-owned communications satellite.
VideoLive coverage: Indian PSLV launches with RISAT 2B radar satellite
An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 0000 GMT Wednesday (8 p.m. EDT Tuesday) carrying a radar observation satellite to collect imagery in support of military, intelligence and environmental agencies.
VideoLong March 3C rocket launches Beidou satellite toward geostationary orbit
China launched a Beidou navigation satellite Friday using a Long March 3C rocket, adding another node to a growing space-based network that Chinese officials say will broadcast positioning and timing signals around the world next year.
VideoWatch live video of the Falcon 9 rocket on its launch pad (members only)
Spaceflight Now members can watch a live view of Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad as a Falcon 9 rocket counts down to liftoff with 60 Starlink broadband communications satellites.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 10:30 p.m. EDT Thursday (0230 GMT Friday). The 229-foot-tall launch vehicle delivered 60 satellites to orbit to begin the deployment of SpaceX's Starlink Internet network, a fleet of spacecraft that may eventually number thousands.
VideoLive coverage: Rocket Lab launches three U.S. military smallsats
Three experimental satellites sponsored by the U.S. military lifted off on an Electron rocket from Rocket Lab's commercial spaceport in New Zealand on Sunday at 0600 GMT (2 a.m. EDT).