Early warning – Spaceflight Now

October 14, 2019

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[ October 13, 2019 ] Photos: Proton fires off the launch pad with two U.S.-built satellites Mission Reports
[ October 11, 2019 ] SpaceX’s next launch to mark another incremental step in rocket reusability Falcon 9
[ October 11, 2019 ] Stratolaunch under new ownership News
[ October 11, 2019 ] Alexei Leonov, world’s first spacewalker, dies News
[ October 11, 2019 ] Morgan, Koch continue battery replacement work on spacewalk Mission Reports

Russia launches missile warning satellite

September 26, 2019

A Russian military satellite designed to detect missile launches arrived in orbit Thursday following a successful liftoff aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

Russia sends military satellite into orbit for missile warnings

May 25, 2017

Russia lofted a military satellite Thursday to join a network of orbiting early warning stations detecting and tracking missile launches around the world, providing the Russian government notice of potential attack.

First satellite launched for Russia’s new missile warning network

November 17, 2015

Russia launched an early warning satellite Tuesday, deploying the first in a new fleet of military satellites to detect missile launches heading for Russian territory.