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April 23, 2019

Breaking News

[ April 22, 2019 ] Intelsat declares drifting satellite total loss News
[ April 22, 2019 ] Beidou navigation satellite successfully launched by China Mission Reports
[ April 20, 2019 ] SpaceX confirms anomaly during Crew Dragon abort engine test Mission Reports
[ April 19, 2019 ] Cygnus supply ship delivers 3.8-ton cargo load to International Space Station Mission Reports
[ April 18, 2019 ] Errant command doomed Israeli moon lander, officials vow to try again Mission Reports

Photos: India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle flies in new configuration

January 28, 2019

An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off Jan. 24 in a new, intermediate configuration with two strap-on solid rocket boosters, providing a lift capability between the PSLV’s previous variants with zero or six side-mounted rocket motors.

India debuts new version of workhorse PSLV

January 24, 2019

A new variant of India’s workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with two strap-on solid rocket boosters and an upper stage converted into an experiment-carrying platform debuted Thursday with a launch into polar orbit.