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SpaceX redesigns Starship to get Mars-bound rocket to stop exploding

SpaceX redesigns Starship to get Mars-bound rocket to stop exploding

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After first operational launch, here’s the next big test for ULA’s Vulcan rocket

After first operational launch, here’s the next big test for ULA’s Vulcan rocket

United Launch Alliance delivered multiple US military satellites into a high-altitude orbit after a prime-time launch Tuesday night, marking an important transition from development to operations for the company’s new Vulcan rocket. This mission, officially designated USSF-106 by the US Space Force, was the first flight of ULA’s Vulcan rocket to carry national security payloads. Two test flights of the …

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NASA mulls rescue rocket to boost Swift observatory’s orbit • The Register

NASA mulls rescue rocket to boost Swift observatory’s orbit • The Register

NASA is seeking solutions for a way to raise the orbit of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory despite the spacecraft being marked for termination after FY2026 under the agency’s budget proposal. The possible impending demise of the spacecraft, coupled with faster-than-expected orbital decay due to additional atmospheric drag caused by solar activity, makes Swift an ideal candidate for the potential …

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Mysterious light over upstate New York was tail of a Vulcan rocket launch – Times Union

Mysterious light over upstate New York was tail of a Vulcan rocket launch  Times Union Light in the sky surprised people across Philadelphia region on Tuesday night. Here’s what it was  6abc Philadelphia Strange object seen in the sky Tuesday night in the Philly region  NBC10 Philadelphia Alien ship? Satellite? Strange glowing light spotted in skies above Massachusetts  WCVB What was that? Spiral light …

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United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan rocket blasts off on first Space Force-sanctioned flight

United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan rocket blasts off on first Space Force-sanctioned flight

United Launch Alliance fired off its first operational Vulcan rocket Tuesday, boosting two military satellites into space in the first U.S. Space Force-sanctioned flight of a new launcher that eventually will replace the company’s Atlas 5 and already-retired Deltas. Equipped with four solid-fuel strap-on boosters for additional takeoff power, the 198-foot-tall Vulcan’s two methane-fueled BE-4 engines thundered to life at …

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ULA launches Vulcan rocket on first Space Force mission – Spaceflight Now

ULA launches Vulcan rocket on first Space Force mission – Spaceflight Now

United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket roared off the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 to begin the USSF-106 mission for the U.S. Space Force. This was the first national security launch using a Vulcan rocket and the 101st national security mission for ULA. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now United Launch Alliance fired off it’s first fully operational Vulcan rocket Tuesday, boosting …

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