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June 19, 2018

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[ June 18, 2018 ] Trump calls for establishment of U.S. “space force” News
[ June 18, 2018 ] Navigation satellite launched to join Russia’s Glonass network Mission Reports
[ June 15, 2018 ] Dawn spacecraft flying low over Ceres News
[ June 14, 2018 ] Station astronauts install new cameras on successful spacewalk Mission Reports
[ June 13, 2018 ] Huge dust storm knocks aging Mars rover out of contact with Earth 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.