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VideoLive coverage: GSLV Mk.2 lifts off with the GSAT 7A communications satellite
India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.2 lifted off at 1040 GMT (5:40 a.m. EST; 4:10 p.m. Indian Standard Time) with the GSAT 7A communications satellite for the Indian Air Force. The rocket placed the spacecraft into a supersynchronous transfer orbit around 19 minutes after liftoff from Sriharikota on India's east coast.
India preps military communications satellite for launch Wednesday
A communications satellite destined to serve the Indian military is set to blast off from the country's east coast Wednesday aboard a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle on the seventh and last launch of the year for the Indian space program.
Blue Origin scrubs suborbital launch attempt, delays flight to early 2019
Blue Origin scrubbed the planned launch Tuesday of the company's suborbital New Shepard booster from West Texas due to a "ground infrastructure issue," and later said the flight would be pushed back to early 2019.
VideoLive coverage: Soyuz lifts off with French spy satellite
The French military's newest sharp-eyed optical surveillance satellite lifted off at 1637 GMT (11:37 a.m. EST) Wednesday from French Guiana aboard a Russian-built Soyuz launcher, marking Arianespace's 11th and final launch of 2018. The Soyuz rocket and Fregat upper stage will place the CSO 1 spacecraft into orbit around 500 miles (800 kilometers) above Earth. Managers delayed the launch from Tuesday due to unfavorable high-altitude winds.
Falcon 9 launch timeline with the GPS 3 SV01 navigation satellite
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Thursday carrying the U.S. Air Force's first GPS 3-series navigation satellite destined for an orbit more than 12,000 miles above Earth.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches GPS navigation satellite for U.S. Air Force
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket at 8:51 a.m. EST (1351 GMT) Sunday from Cape Canaveral with the first in a new line of upgraded U.S. Air Force GPS navigation satellites. The launch was delayed five days due to technical and weather concerns.
Air Force requirements will keep SpaceX from landing Falcon 9 booster after GPS launch
The demands of launching the first in an upgraded line of U.S. Air Force GPS navigation satellites, including a late load of extra fuel for the spacecraft and a military policy of reserving fuel to eliminate space junk, will keep SpaceX from recovering the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket following liftoff Thursday from Cape Canaveral, according to mission managers.
NASA, Rocket Lab partner on successful satellite launch from New Zealand
Rocket Lab's commercial Electron booster fired into orbit from New Zealand on Sunday, carrying a flock of 13 CubeSats on the company's first mission chartered by NASA, and closing out a landmark year for the new smallsat launch provider as Rocket Lab aims to grow its flight rate to at least one per month in 2019.
Soyuz raised on launch pad in French Guiana for Arianespace’s last flight of 2018
A Russian-made Soyuz booster rolled out to its launch pad in French Guiana on Friday, and hydraulic lifts rotated the launcher vertical in preparation for liftoff Tuesday with the first in a new series of French military spy satellites.
Mission timeline for Rocket Lab’s launch of NASA’s ELaNa-19 CubeSats
Rocket Lab's light-class Electron launcher is set to take off on its fourth flight from New Zealand, aiming to deliver 13 CubeSats to orbit on the company's first mission for NASA.