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February 14, 2013

Another Sea Launch Failure
Bethesda MD (SPX) Feb 14, 2013
Sea Launch is currently a Russian spacecraft launch service that uses a mobile seagoing platform for direct equatorial launches of commercial payloads on Zenit 3SL rockets. Since its inception there have been 31 launches, including three failures and one partial failure. The sea-based system operates out of Long Beach, California, but its launches take place from an equatorial spot in the Pacific Ocean. This location allows a minimal energy ascent-to-orbit for geostationary-bound satellites. ... read more

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Euclid Could Solve The Dark Mysteries Of The Universe Johns Hopkins astrophysicists Brice Menard and Charles L. Bennett have been appointed to the Euclid Consortium, the international team of scientists overseeing an ambitious space telescope project d ... more		Black Holes Growing Faster Than Expected Lurking at the centers of most galaxies are black holes that can weigh anywhere from one million to one billion times as much as the Sun. New research, published in the Astrophysical Journal, shows ... more		Zelensky offers to give up presidency for NATO membership Israeli Defense Forces deploys tanks in West Bank U.S. officials reportedly push back on G7 language labeling Russia an 'aggressor'		Rover Walkabout Continues at Cape York Opportunity is conducting the post-walkabout in-situ (contact) science campaign on the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 3208 (Jan. 31, 2013), the rover collecte ... more
				Rocketdyne Powers Atlas 5 Upper Stage, Placing New Landsat In Orbit Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne and RD AMROSS successfully propelled the most advanced Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft into orbit Monday for NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. ... more		Progress docks with ISS Russian cargo ship "Progress M-18M" has successfully docked with the ISS. The docking took place at 00:40 Moscow time. This is already the third successful shortened, 6-hour docking in the his ... more

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Reshuffle for Tiangong

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Mr Xi in Space

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New modeling approach transforms imaging technologies

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US launches Earth observation satellite

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