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July 27, 2021

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[ July 26, 2021 ] Russia’s Pirs module discarded after 20 years of service at space station Mission Reports
[ July 25, 2021 ] China launches three more Yaogan spysats Mission Reports
[ July 22, 2021 ] NASA clears Boeing Starliner for launch on second unpiloted test flight Atlas 5
[ July 21, 2021 ] Russian science lab heads for International Space Station Mission Reports
[ July 21, 2021 ] Mars rover gearing up for first sample collection work Mission Reports

First two smallsats launched for Chinese data relay constellation

May 12, 2020

A Chinese Kuaizhou 1A rocket launched Tuesday with the first two spacecraft for China’s planned 80-satellite Xingyun communications and data relay constellation.