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February 20, 2020

Breaking News

[ February 20, 2020 ] Soyuz rocket launches Russian military satellite after one-month delay Mission Reports
[ February 19, 2020 ] China launches four ‘technology experiment satellites’ Mission Reports
[ February 19, 2020 ] Russian space agency replaces cosmonauts on next space station crew Mission Reports
[ February 19, 2020 ] Photos: Antares rocket lifts off with station-bound Cygnus supply ship Antares
[ February 18, 2020 ] Ariane 5 deploys communications and environmental monitoring satellites Ariane 5

Soyuz launcher puts Russian military spy satellite in orbit

March 24, 2016

A Russian military spacecraft with a high-resolution digital mapping camera is in orbit Thursday after a successful ascent aboard a Soyuz rocket.

Russian intelligence gets an upgrade with satellite launch

February 28, 2015

Russia launched a next-generation military reconnaissance satellite Friday, ushering in an era of digital mapping from orbit after decades of relying on film returned to Earth inside landing capsules.