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July 17, 2019

Breaking News

[ July 16, 2019 ] China set to deorbit disused Tiangong 2 space lab Mission Reports
[ July 15, 2019 ] SpaceX points to leaky valve as culprit in Crew Dragon test accident Falcon 9
[ July 15, 2019 ] Final assembly and test milestones on tap for NASA’s first Orion moon ship Mission Reports
[ July 14, 2019 ] Launch of Indian moon lander postponed by ‘technical snag’ GSLV
[ July 14, 2019 ] Made in Space wins NASA contract to 3D-print satellite structures in orbit News

Proton launcher takes off with dual-use Russian communications satellite

August 17, 2017

A high-power Russian satellite designed to deliver broadband Internet connections and relay television and videoconferencing signals fired into orbit Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.