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December 28, 2017

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[ December 23, 2017 ] Land imaging craft launched for Chinese military Mission Reports
[ December 23, 2017 ] SpaceX launch dazzles, delivering 10 more satellites for Iridium Falcon 9
[ December 23, 2017 ] Video: Falcon 9 lifts off at dusk from Vandenberg Air Force Base Falcon 9
[ December 22, 2017 ] Former astronaut Bruce McCandless dies News
[ December 26, 2017 ] Controllers lose contact with new Angolan communications satellite Mission Reports

Land imaging craft launched for Chinese military

December 23, 2017

A land imaging satellite soared to a 300-mile-high perch above Earth Saturday after lifting off on top of a Long March 2D rocket from the Jiuquan space base in the Gobi Desert, joining a similar military reconnaissance craft launched earlier this month in the same type of orbit.
SpaceX launch dazzles, delivering 10 more satellites for Iridium

December 23, 2017

Putting on a holiday light show for Southern California and much of the desert southwest, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired into a twilight sky from the Pacific coastline Friday night to add 10 new satellites to Iridium’s upgraded communications network.
Video: Falcon 9 lifts off at dusk from Vandenberg Air Force Base

December 23, 2017

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Pacific coastline northwest of Los Angeles on Friday night, sending 10 Iridium communications satellites toward orbit on a previously-flown first stage booster.
Former astronaut Bruce McCandless dies

December 22, 2017

Former astronaut Bruce McCandless II, a retired Navy captain and son of a Medal of Honor winner who joined NASA during the buildup to the Apollo program, served as capsule communicator when Neil Armstrong took his historic first step on the moon and later flew in space twice during the shuttle program, died Thursday. He was 80.
Japanese H-2A rocket lifts off with two satellites

December 22, 2017

Two research satellites to probe Earth’s climate patterns and test ion engine technology to counter atmospheric drag in an unusual low-altitude orbit launched Saturday on top of a Japanese H-2A rocket.
Live coverage: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket makes its final launch of the year

December 22, 2017

A previously-flown Falcon 9 booster blasted off Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base on California’s Central Coast with 10 new-generation communications satellites for Iridium. Launch occurred 8:27 p.m. EST (5:27 p.m. PST; 0127 GMT).
Timeline for SpaceX’s fourth launch of Iridium satellites

December 22, 2017

Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent to orbit with the fourth set of 10 next-generation satellites for Iridium’s voice and data relay fleet.
Falcon 9 rocket set for launch Friday from California

December 21, 2017

SpaceX is set to close out a record-breaking 2017 launch campaign Friday night with the delivery of 10 more Iridium voice and data relay satellites to orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Titan drone, comet sampler picked as finalists for NASA mission

December 20, 2017

NASA has narrowed its choices for a new billion-dollar robotic space mission: A plutonium-powered quadcopter to explore the hazy landscape of Saturn’s largest moon Titan, or a probe to scoop up a piece of a comet and return it to Earth.
Photos: Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral, returns for landing

December 20, 2017

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket closed out a busy 2017 Cape Canaveral launch schedule on Dec. 15 with a successful liftoff on a space station resupply mission. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster, making its second launch, returned to Florida’s Space Coast for an on-target landing.

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News Headlines

Land imaging craft launched for Chinese military

SpaceX launch dazzles, delivering 10 more satellites for Iridium

Video: Falcon 9 lifts off at dusk from Vandenberg Air Force Base

Former astronaut Bruce McCandless dies

Japanese H-2A rocket lifts off with two satellites

Live coverage: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket makes its final launch of the year

Timeline for SpaceX’s fourth launch of Iridium satellites

Falcon 9 rocket set for launch Friday from California

Titan drone, comet sampler picked as finalists for NASA mission

Photos: Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral, returns for landing

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