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NASA's new Landsat 9 Earth-observation satellite is secured inside its payload fairing for a planned September 2021 launch into orbit on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. (Image credit: USSF 30th Space Wing/Chris Okula)

The launch of NASA’s new Landsat 9 satellite has been delayed by a liquid nitrogen shortage

August 31, 2021
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By Amy Thomson, Published by Space.com, 31 August 2021 Landsat 9 will launch a week late on Sept. 23. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The launch of NASA's next Earth-observing Landsat satellite will be delayed a week due to a shortage of liquid nitrogen, the space agency has announced. The Landsat

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Small satellite launch company Astra's Rocket 3.3 booster stands atop a pad at the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska ahead of an attempted launch on Aug. 27, 2021. The rocket aborted the launch at the last second. (Image credit: Astra)

Astra rocket aborts orbital test launch for US military at last second

August 28, 2021
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By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 28 August 2021 Astra aimed to reach orbit for the first time ever today (Aug. 27), but the company's Rocket 3.3 aborted the liftoff at the last second.  The 43-foot-tall (13 meters) Rocket 3.3, also known as Launch Vehicle 006, was poised to lift

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Rocket blasts off from Benbecula Airport in the Western Isles

UK rocket launches from Western Isles ahead of planned spaceport opening

August 27, 2021
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Published by Sky News, 27 August 2021 Spaceport 1's site at Scolpaig, North Uist is one of several proposed locations for licenced spaceports in the UK. In Scotland, these include Unst in Shetland, the A' Mhoine peninsula in Sutherland, Prestwick in South Ayrshire and Campbeltown in Argyll and Bute. A

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The view from the north side of Little Cumberland Island, which would be in the flight path of a proposed spaceport on Georgia’s mainland.Credit...Stephen B. Morton for The New York Times

Last Stop on the Way to the Cosmos? No Thanks

August 21, 2021
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| Blue Origin, Environmental/Health Concerns, Launch sites, Space Tourism, Virgin

By Alexandra Marvar, Published by the New York Times, 21 August 2021 A small Southern county hopes to land a starring role in the commercial space race. But for residents of the exclusive islands in the flight path, the stakes feel sky-high. On an isolated archipelago off the coast of

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A visualisation of satellites being launched into orbit from the Space Port in Sutherland.

Billionaire Anders Povlsen fails in Sutherland spaceport legal challenge

August 20, 2021
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By Alistair Whitfield, Published by The Northern Scot, 20 August 2021 A Moray-based company has welcomed the failure of a legal bid to stop Britain's first spaceport from being built. Orbex, which is based in Forres Enterprise Park, says today's ruling has opened the way for work to push ahead

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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 file image

Rocket Lab launches US Space Force mission

July 30, 2021
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| Launch sites, Mini-Satellites, New Zealand, News, Rocket Lab, Space Force

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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