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February 21, 2019

Breaking News

[ February 21, 2019 ] Live coverage: First launch of the year from Cape Canaveral set for Thursday Falcon 9
[ February 20, 2019 ] Soyuz ready for launch with Egyptian imaging satellite Mission Reports
[ February 20, 2019 ] New Horizons finds Ultima Thule has an unexpected, flattened shape Mission Reports
[ February 19, 2019 ] Falcon 9 launch set for Thursday at Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
[ February 18, 2019 ] NASA orbiter spots Chinese lander on the moon Mission Reports

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.