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February 16, 2019

Breaking News

[ February 15, 2019 ] SpaceX files protest of NASA’s Lucy launch contract awarded to ULA Atlas 5
[ February 15, 2019 ] Experimental British satellite tests harpoon in orbit Mission Reports
[ February 14, 2019 ] NASA selects mission to probe the history of galaxies Mission Reports
[ February 13, 2019 ] NASA declares Opportunity rover dead after 15 years on Mars Mission Reports
[ February 13, 2019 ] CubeSat deployed from space station to test sample return technology Mission Reports

Rockot launches Russian military satellites

November 30, 2018

A Rockot booster and Breeze upper stage delivered three Russian military communications satellites to orbit Friday after a launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome around 500 miles north of Moscow.

Secret Russian satellite launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome

June 23, 2017

A modified version of Russia’s Soyuz rocket launched Friday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a spaceport on the edge of the Russian Arctic, with a military satellite whose mission is shrouded in mystery.

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.