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February 27, 2020

Breaking News

[ February 26, 2020 ] SpaceX swaps upper stage for next Falcon 9 launch Falcon 9
[ February 26, 2020 ] NASA’s InSight mission shows Mars is a seismically active world Mission Reports
[ February 24, 2020 ] Fresh out of stealth mode, Astra gearing up for orbital launch from Alaska Mission Reports
[ February 20, 2020 ] Phobos sample return mission enters development for 2024 launch Mission Reports
[ February 20, 2020 ] Soyuz rocket launches Russian military satellite after one-month delay 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.