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China launches 2 satellites for 'scientific' pursuits
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Shanxi [China], Apr 30 (ANI): China launched two Tianhui II-01 satellites into orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center here on Tuesday morning.
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NASA announces record-setting spaceflight mission by woman astronaut
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [USA], April 17 (ANI): NASA has announced its new schedule and new crew assignments for the coming months. One of the schedules requires NASA astronaut Christina Koch to remain in orbit until February 2020 and set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman.
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World's largest airplane takes off for the first time
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], Apr 14 (ANI): The world's largest airplane took off for the first time on Saturday morning. The aircraft, built by rocket launch company 'Stratolaunch', had its critical first test flight and is designed to launch rockets into orbits from the air.
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ISRO to launch PSLVC-46 followed by PSLVC-47, Chandrayaan 2 in May: K Siva
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 1 (ANI): After PSLVC-45 successfully injected EMISAT into sun-synchronous polar orbit on Monday, ISRO chief K Sivan said the satellite is now marching towards the 485km orbit to do its function as an orbital platform for experiments, adding that n
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ISRO's PSLVC-45 successfully injects EMISAT into sun-synchronous polar orb
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 1 (ANI): The Indian Space Research Organisation's PSLVC-45 successfully injected electronic intelligence satellite EMISAT along with 28 international customer satellites
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A-SAT testing not directed to any country, doesn't violate international l
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): India on Wednesday said that its anti-satellite (A-SAT) weapon that successfully destroyed a decommissioned Indian satellite on a Low Earth Orbit (LEO), is not directed against any country and its space capabilities do not threaten anyone.
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India enters elite International club, successfully tests anti-satellite w
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI): In a major defence achievement, India on Wednesday successfully tested an anti-satellite missile by shooting down its own decommissioned satellite that was on a 'Low Earth Orbit' at a height of 300 KM from the earth's surface. Making the announcement abo
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India destroys live satellite in space, announces PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): India's anti-satellite weapon A-SAT successfully destroyed a live satellite on a low earth orbit, joining a group of three countries - the US, Russia and China - with such capability, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Wednesday.
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China launches new communication satellite, completes 300 launches of Long
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Beijing [China], Mar 10 (ANI): In a bid to strengthen its broadband communication system, China lifted into space a Long March-3B carrier rocket into a geostationary orbit in Sichuan province in the wee hours of Sunday.
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Crew Dragon successfully docks at International Space Station
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 3 (ANI): NASA-SpaceX partnered astronaut capsule, Crew Dragon, successfully attached to the International Space Station on Sunday after making 18 orbits around Earth since its launch.
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NASA, SpaceX launch their most ambitious partnership into orbit
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Florida [USa], Mar 2 (ANI): In a major step towards resuming manned space flights, NASA and SpaceX on Saturday morning (local time) launched a new astronaut capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) from US soil after an eight-year break, reported Al Jazeera.
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India to launch first 3 orbit mission with PSLV-C45 on March 21
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 24 (ANI): India will launch the PSLV-C45 on March 21 which will put 30 satellites, including one for electronic intelligence, in three different orbits.
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