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China deploys three spacecraft with Long March 2D rocket
China successfully launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket on Friday afternoon, deploying three spacecraft, including a cutting-edge atmospheric research satellite, into their designated orbits.
The launch occurred at 12:07 pm from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The rocket carried the Tianlu 1 satellite, PRSC-EO1, and Lantan 1, delivering them FAA grounds SpaceX Starship launches after breakup
The Federal Aviation Administration has paused SpaceX's launch of its Starship rocket as the U.S. agency oversees an investigation by the private company of the breakup after a test launch Thursday.
The upper stage exploded minutes after launch from South Texas, leading the company to declare the uncrewed vessel a "loss" in the seventh test flight of the heavy-lift spacecraft.
Th Watch doorbell camera capture rare meteorite strike in Canada
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US grounds SpaceX's Starship after fiery mid-air explosion
The United States on Friday grounded SpaceX's Starship and ordered Elon Musk's company to investigate why the spaceship spectacularly disintegrated in a fiery cascade over the Caribbean during its latest test mission.
Authorities in the Turks and Caicos Islands confirmed they diverted all flights from their airspace during the incident and urged residents not to touch fallen debris, warning A seed-sized signal amplifier chip could boost space communications
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NASA's IMAP instrument installations complete
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SpaceX launch accident likely caused by fire that sent trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean
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Week in images: 13-17 January 2025
Week in images: 13-17 January 2025
Discover our week through the lens
China's space station to drive over 1000 research projects
China's space station is set to conduct over 1,000 research projects, advance scientific literacy, and foster international partnerships over the next decade and beyond, according to the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
As a hub for national space research, the station aims to facilitate comprehensive interdisciplinary studies, Constellr launches first satellite pioneering global thermal monitoring
constellr, a European leader in Earth Observation (EO), has successfully launched its first satellite, Sky-Bee-1, equipped with thermal infrared technology to monitor global land surface temperatures with unparalleled precision. This achievement marks the initial phase of its High-precision Versatile Ecosphere (HiVE) satellite constellation, aiming to deliver critical insights for sustainable re