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Stratolaunch and OSC
Flying the Wrong Way?Credit : Stratolaunch Stratolaunch announced yesterday that following a 9 month courtship, it is entering into a development arrangement with Orbital Sciences Corporation to secure...
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ATV “Albert Einstein” Poised for Liftoff
ReadyCredit : Arianespace The countdown is underway at Kourou, French Guiana for this evening’s launch of the European ATV supply ship ”Albert Einstein” to the International Space Station. Launch is...
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Perfect Liftoff for Ariane V
The latest resupply mission to the International Space Station got off to a perfect start yesterday evening with the launch of an Ariane V rocket carrying the Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV-4, “Albert...
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SpaceX Conducts New Test
Testing AgainCredit SpaceX Although there has been no official word from SpaceX, nor even a tweet from Elon Musk, according to Wacotrib.com Space X apparently conducted another moderately long...
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Commercial Soyuz Ready for Liftoff
Credit : Arianespace Update: Today’s launch has been scrubbed due to high winds. A commercial Soyuz booster is ready for liftoff today out of the Guiana Space Center in South America at 2:53 p.m....
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Two Continents, Two Launches, Two Hours
BaikonurCredit: Roscosmos The Soyuz Booster recorded its 1807th and 1808th successful launches in short order yesterday. At 1:28 p.m. EDT, (9:28 p.m. local) a Soyuz 2-1b blasted off from Baikonur...
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Proton Disaster
Proton FailureCredit: News 24 After a difficult two-year span which had seen a surprising number of failures in the Russian launch industry, things appeared to be getting back on track in 2013. Until...
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Total DominationCredit: Arianespace “Once again, Ariane 5’s unmatched reliability and availability has set the highest standards in the satellite launch business.” – comments by Arianespace CEO...
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Delta Heavy, Ariane V Prepare for Launch
ReadyCredit : United Launch Alliance It is a busy week for two of the world’s most powerful launch vehicles A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy booster stands ready to blast into orbit today from...
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SpaceX Falcon 9 V1.1 Stands Ready to Enter the Fray
Falcon 9 V1.1 First LaunchCredit: SpaceX Update: Following this evening’s abort, SpaceX released this statement “We observed unexpected readings with the first stage liquid oxygen system so we decided...
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Facing SpaceX, Arianespace Wants Taxpayer Help
Ariane VCredit : Arianespace Aviation Week is reporting that European launch company Arianespace is preparing to ask the European Union for increased subsidies in the face of competition from SpaceX...
View ArticleAn Update on Europe’s Ariane Conumdrum
Artists concept of the Ariane VI Two related items in Space News point to the growing conundrum facing Arianespace as it attempts to devise a strategy for combating the emergence of SpaceX and the...
View ArticleNASA Extends CRS Contracts, Will a New Competitor Come Forward?
ATV-4 Prepares for Launch, Image Credit Arianespace NASA has announced that it is extending the existing commercial resupply contacts held by Orbital Sciences and SpaceX through 2017, even as it holds...
View ArticleProton Problems Persist
Russia may soon need its own trampoline. Overnight, a Russian Proton-M booster lifted off from Baikonur carrying the Express AM4R communications satellite built by EADS Astrium. Like all too many...
View ArticleBlack Friday: Arianespace Soyuz Places GPS Satellites in Wrong Orbit
It was something of a Black Friday for the launch industry yesterday. In addition to the SpaceX F9-R “explosion” in Texas, a bizarre story has emerged regarding an Arianespace launch which happened the...
View ArticleAriane V Scores 61st Consecutive Successful Launch, But Does it Have a Future?
Image Credit: Arianespace Industry leader Arianespace reached a historic milestone yesterday, conducting the 75th launch of the Ariane V rocket. It was also the 61st consecutive successful flight for...
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Chasing SpaceX, Europe Endorses Ariane 6
This is not how you design a rocket : ESA Ministerial Meeting Seeking a defense against the market disruption being wrought by SpaceX and its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy boosters, European space...
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Science Fiction Fact : SpaceX Falcon 9 Flys Into History
History !A Falcon Flies Again / Credit SpaceX Somewhere, Robert A. Heinlein is smiling. Check that, he is more likely roaring with delight that at long last, a privately developed rocket has been...
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