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New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 30, 2021
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, several Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) projects have been delayed, including key programmes like Chandrayaan-3 and the ambitious manned mission Gaganyaan. However, starting next month, the agency will again take up launch activities at the Sriharikota spaceport. The Indian government on Thursday announced that the country's first state-of
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Washington DC (UPI) Jul 30, 2021
In a test of a hypersonic booster rocket, a test rocket was successfully released from a B-52H bomber but failed to ignite, the U.S. Air Force said this week. The test of the rocket propelling the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon was its second, and occurred on Wednesday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. An Air Force statement on Thursday said that the booster test roc
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Washington DC (UPI) Jul 30, 2021
Britain established its Space Command on Friday in a ceremonial opening, with responsibilities split between three specific groups to form a joint space command, Britain's Ministry of Defense announced on Friday. The British military budget includes $1.95 billion, over 10 years, for space capabilities, part of a defense budget increase of $33.34 billion in the next four years. Of
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Tuesday, 03 August 2021 10:49

The truth about space traffic management

Bethesda, MD (SPX) Aug 03, 2021
Those familiar with air traffic management architectures understand the constraints of aircraft flying in the atmosphere, vehicle dynamics and command and control techniques. Unfortunately, space traffic has many more degrees of freedom and much less control capability. Add to this the completely uncontrolled nature of space debris and the reality that most debris objects cannot be tracked and m
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London, UK (SPX) Aug 03, 2021
Russia will launch the next batch of OneWeb satellites from the Baikonur cosmodrome on August 20, Dmitry Rogozin, the director general of state space corporation Roscosmos, confirmed on Saturday. The launch was originally set for August 5, but was postponed due to some of the satellites having faulty parts. Earlier in the month, a space industry source told Sputnik that the launch was resc
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Tuesday, 03 August 2021 13:11

Mediterranean continues to bake

This map generated using data from Copernicus Sentinel-3 shows the temperature of the land surface on 2 August 2021. Image: This map generated using data from Copernicus Sentinel-3 shows the temperature of the land surface on 2 August 2021.
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With the advent of private astronauts, commercial space traffic, and inventions such as the reusable Falcon rocket, the space industry is revolutionizing — one innovation at a time.

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Liftoff in July 2019 of the successful first Hyperbola-1 launch from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

Chinese private firm iSpace conducted a launch of a Hyperbola-1 solid rocket early Tuesday but status of the mission is currently unknown.

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This NASA photo shows A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on top
This NASA photo shows A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on top.

Boeing said Tuesday it was delaying an uncrewed flight of its Starliner capsule to the International Space Station (ISS), pushing back a key test it last attempted in 2019.

The spaceship had been due to launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket built from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1:20 pm Eastern time (1720 GMT).

"We're confirming today's #Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2 launch is scrubbed," Boeing Space tweeted.

Boeing said more details would be forthcoming soon, but a weather update in the morning had placed the chances of launch at only 50 percent.

The was supposed to take place Friday but had to be rescheduled after a Russian science module inadvertently fired its thrusters following docking with the ISS, pushing the orbital outpost off kilter.

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NASA begins launch preparations for first mission to the Trojan asteroids
NASA's Lucy spacecraft arrives by cargo plane and is unloaded on the runway of the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 30, 2021. From there, the Lucy spacecraft will move to the Astrotech Space Operations - Florida payload processing facility in nearby Titusville, Florida, before its scheduled launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 16, 2021.
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