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Astra says it demonstrated "orbital launch capability" on its Rocket 3.2 launch last December since, had it launched on a low-inclination trajectory from a site like Cape Canaveral, it would have reached orbit. Credit: Astra/John Kraus

Astra to fly upgraded rocket on next launch

August 13, 2021
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By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 13 August 2021 WASHINGTON — Astra will introduce an upgraded version of its small launch vehicle on its next flight later this month intended to increase the vehicle’s payload capacity. In an Aug. 12 earning call, Chris Kemp, chief executive of Astra, said

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Electron’s fury: more than 200 of Rocket Lab’s Rutherford engines have flown to space, and soon the company will start trying to bring them back to fly again [Photo courtesy of Rocket Lab]

Peter Beck, the New Zealand Elon Musk, on living his space dreams

August 9, 2021
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Published by Al Jazeera, 9 August 2021 Rocket Lab’s founder talks to Al Jazeera about moon shots, deep space exploration and overcoming dream crushers. Rocket Lab is back in business. And that’s good news for the company’s deep space ambitions. The United States-based small satellite launcher suffered an in-flight anomaly

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Rocket Lab launches US Space Force mission

July 30, 2021
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By Staff Writers, Published by Space War, 30 July 2021 Mahia, New Zealand (SPX) - Rocket Lab, the leading launch provider and space systems company, has successfully launched a research and development satellite to orbit for the United States Space Force (USSF). The mission was Rocket Lab's fourth launch for

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The Department of Transport has announced new regulations to allow space flights to take place from the UK

First UK space launch due next year as government introduces new rules

July 29, 2021
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Published by Sky News, 29 July 2021 People will be able to visit space for a holiday and hypersonic flights - which are faster than the speed of sound - will eventually launch from the UK, the Department for Transport claimed. Space flights and satellite launches can now take place

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Lift off for UK spaceflight as regulations passed

July 29, 2021
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From: UK Department for Transport, Civil Aviation Authority, UK Space Agency, Amanda Solloway MP, and The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Published by UK Government, 29 July 2021 Legislation provides framework enabling the UK to be the first European country to launch spacecraft and satellites from home soil. new regulations

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Proteus, the mother ship for American Polaris submarines and their nuclear-tipped missiles, docked in the Holy Loch in March 1961

How Scotland is at risk of a front-line role in a deadly new arms race

July 19, 2021
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By George Kerevan, Published by the National, 19 July 2021 IT is a product of Scotland’s subordinate status that when the great powers clash it is Caledonia that instantly becomes the proxy front line. Sixty years ago, on March 3, 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the US

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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket lifts off May 18 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying the U.S. Space Force's SBIRS GEO-5 satellite into orbit. (United Launch Alliance)

Space Force’s new delta organizations will help the service keep up with growing launch cadence

July 1, 2021
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By Nathan Strout,Published by C4ISRNET, 16 June 2021 CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. — The U.S. Space Force is reorganizing its launch organizations, and while the change may not have immediate impacts, operators believe the new structure prepares the service for the coming moment when it is launching satellites

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Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne takes off from a 747 aircraft. (Virgin Orbit)

Virgin Orbit plane launches four US military satellites into space

June 30, 2021
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By Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNET, 30 June 2021 WASHINGTON — Virgin Orbit successfully delivered four U.S. military satellites to low Earth orbit on June 30 as part of the company’s second successful launch of the LauncherOne rocket. While most space launches start with the rocket standing vertically on a

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