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September 25, 2018

Breaking News

[ September 25, 2018 ] Live coverage: Countdown begins for 100th Ariane 5 launch Tuesday Ariane 5
[ September 22, 2018 ] New sample return capability launches with Japanese space station freighter Mission Reports
[ September 22, 2018 ] Japanese robots land on asteroid, send back pictures News
[ September 21, 2018 ] Photos: Final Delta 2 launch shines before dawn in California Delta 2
[ September 21, 2018 ] Launch of Japan’s seventh HTV supply ship reset for Saturday Mission Reports

Guidance error reportedly led to Russian launch failure

November 30, 2017

Russian officials could complete their investigation of a rocket failure Tuesday by mid-December, and multiple Russian news reports suggest the probe has narrowed to focus on the guidance computer on the Soyuz launcher’s Fregat upper stage.

Russian weather satellite and 18 secondary payloads lost after rocket failure

November 28, 2017

A new Russian weather observatory and the first prototype for Telesat’s planned network of 100-plus broadband communications satellites in low Earth orbit were among 19 spacecraft feared lost after a Fregat rocket stage ran into trouble soon after liftoff aboard a Soyuz booster Tuesday.

Soyuz rocket set for launch from Russia’s new cosmodrome

November 27, 2017

A Soyuz rocket is scheduled to lift off Tuesday from a launch pad in Russia’s Far East with a new Russian weather satellite and 18 secondary payloads from companies and institutions in the United States, Canada, Japan, Norway, Sweden and Germany.