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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying 64 small satellites in single mission
Dec 04, 2018, 06:48 AM ISTThe Falcon 9 carried to orbit 64 spacecraft, in particular 15 Micro satellites and 49 cubesats, from 34 different organisations from 17 countries.
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China creates history; successfully carries out vertical landing test of space rocket
Nov 01, 2018, 07:52 PM ISTThe Space Intelligence Technology Innovation Centre and a national key laboratory of aerospace intelligent control technology were responsible for the flight test and research.
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China's private satellite-carrying rocket ZQ-1 fails after launch
Oct 28, 2018, 08:38 PM ISTVideo posted by a Chinese news site showed Landspace's 19-meter- (62-foot-) tall red-and-white rocket lifting off against clear blue skies.
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India to fly its first small rocket next year, work underway: ISRO Chairman
Sep 15, 2018, 04:03 PM ISTIn a recent interaction with IANS in Bengaluru, S.Rakesh, Chairman-cum- Managing Director, Antrix Corporation said the low-cost small rocket requires a dedicated launch pad with a simple vertical launch mechanism.
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Musk hints at linking hyperloop project with SpeceX rockets
May 17, 2018, 01:33 PM ISTIn a series of tweets, SpeceX founder said he will present his vision for the future on Thursday in the US city of Los Angeles.
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SpaceX launches most powerful Falcon Heavy rocket
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Rocket attack on Kabul airport as US Defence Secretary Mattis arrives
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Blow to China's space programme, new heavy-lift carrier rocket launch 'unsuccessful'
World | Jul 02, 2017, 09:38 PM ISTThe launch of China's latest heavy-lift carrier rocket, the Long March-5 Y2, was announced unsuccessful on Sunday evening.
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ISRO successfully puts 104 satellites into Earth's orbit
India | Feb 15, 2017, 11:42 AM ISTIndia will today script the history by launching a record 104 satellites, including 101 foreign ones, into the earth's lower orbit from the spaceport of Sriharikota, about 125 km from here. The countdown for the
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China successfully launches world's most powerful rocket with aim of setting a permanent space station
World | Nov 04, 2016, 11:40 AM ISTAfter the successful launch of its 6th manned spaceflight mission - the Shenzhou-11 in October this year, China on Thursday successfully launched its most powerful heavy-lift rocket which is expected to be used in future
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SpaceX’s rocket debris suggests a large breach in cryogenic helium system, says probe
World | Sep 24, 2016, 07:43 PM ISTThree weeks ago SpaceX’s rocket turned into a devastating fireball indicating that the rocket suffered a large breach in the helium system during a routine prelaunch test. The Falcon rocket and a satellite were destroyed
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WATCH! NASA releases amazing slow motion video of rocket test
World | Aug 08, 2016, 11:43 AM ISTNASA has released a new video showing rocket motor test in extreme slow-motion using an innovative new camera. This footage of Orbital ATK's QM-2 solid rocket booster test is taken by NASA engineers and scientists
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NASA all set to test-fire booster for world's most powerful rocket today
World | Jun 28, 2016, 10:09 AM ISTWashington: NASA is all set to test -fire a booster for the world's most powerful rocket Space Launch System today. This megarocket is developing to blast astronauts on the journey to Mars and on other
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China's most powerful new generation space rocket launches successfully
World | Jun 26, 2016, 07:25 AM ISTBeijing: A new generation Long March-7 carrier rocket of China was successfully blasted off on Saturday from Wenchang launch centre, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. According to reports, the 53-meter, 597-tonne, vertical-standing the Long Marc
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After successful satellite launch, SpaceX rocket booster crashes
India | Jun 16, 2016, 11:08 AM ISTNew Delhi: With the successful launch of two satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida into the orbit by SpaceX on Wednesday, a leftover SpaceX rocket booster crashed while trying to land on an ocean barge. The
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SpaceX launches futuristic pop-up room, lands rocket at sea
Apr 09, 2016, 07:29 AM ISTCape Canaveral:SpaceX has resumed station deliveries for NASA, and in a double triumph, successfully landed its booster rocket on an ocean platform for the first time. The unmanned Falcon rocket soared into a clear
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ISRO successfully launches sixth navigation satellite IRNSS-1F
India | Mar 10, 2016, 06:25 PM ISTIndia today inched closer towards getting enrolled in the list of nations processing their own-satellite based navigation systems after the successful launch of its sixth navigation satellite called IRNSS-1F with a rocket of its own.
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Insurgent shelling of Aleppo kills 13 civilians:'Syria
World | Mar 07, 2016, 06:40 AM ISTDamascus: A rocket and mortar barrage struck a government-controlled neighborhood in Syria's northern city of Aleppo today, killing 13 civilians and wounding 40, the government and an opposition group said. State-run news agency SANA said the
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Rocket blasts off with India's first space observatory
India | Sep 28, 2015, 10:45 AM ISTSriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): A rocket, carrying seven satellites, including India's first space observatory, blasted off from here on Monday.Exactly at 10 a.m. the 44.4 metres tall weighing around 320 ton polar satellite launch vehicle's XL
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India ground tests cryogenic engine successfully
India | Jul 20, 2015, 06:17 PM ISTChennai: India successfully ground tested its high-thrust cryogenic rocket engine at Mahendragiri complex in Tamil Nadu, the space agency said on Monday.In a statement here, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the country's first