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Europe · BeijingRemnants of a massive Chinese rocket reentered the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. The rocket had been in an uncontrolled descent toward Earth's atmosphere. The 23-ton Long March 5B rocket delivered a new module to China's space station. It took off from Hainan Island at 2:22 p.m. local time Sunday.See the Story
Debris From Uncontrolled Chinese Rocket Falls Over Southeast Asian Seas
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Asia · SeoulSouth Korea joined the stampede to the moon Thursday with the launch of a lunar orbiter that will scout out future landing spots.See the Story
South Korean spacecraft launched to the moon, country's 1st
48% Center coverage: 61 sources

AsiaIndia's space agency ISRO is analyzing data to know what happened. The three-stage vehicle lifted off at 11:48 p.m. Eastern Aug. 6. It carried an ISRO-built 135-kilogram earth observation satellite EOS-02. The other satellite, AzaadiSAT, was confirmed a couple of hours later.See the Story
India’s new SSLV rocket fails in first launch
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US & CanadaNASA has reserved three days in late August and early September for the first launch of its Space Launch System rocket. Orion will spend up to six weeks in cislunar space before splashing down off the coast of San Diego. Crews have been working on SLS and Orion since it returned to the Vehicle Assembly Building.See the Story
NASA Lays Out Three Placeholder Launch Dates for Artemis I Moon Mission
86% Center coverage: 7 sources
Business · TitusvilleSpaceX will launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in October 2026. The contract is valued at $255 million for the launch and other mission-related costs. Roman is the next large, or flagship, astrophysics mission after the James Webb Space Telescope. The spacecraft features a 2.4-meter primary mirror and a wide field instrument.See the Story
NASA awards launch contract for next space telescope to SpaceX
67% Center coverage: 6 sources
Blue Origin launches sixth New Shepard crewed suborbital flight
67% Center coverage: 3 sources
SpaceUnited Launch Alliance targets 6:29 a.m. EDT Thursday for a launch of an Atlas V rocket and Space Force payload. Weather is 80% "go" for the attempt. There is a chance for spectators to see a post-launch "jellyfish" caused by the rocket's exhaust plume.See the Story
Atlas V rocket launches missile-detecting satellite for U.S. Space Force
60% Center coverage: 5 sources
NASANASA said it is delaying the launch of its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission from November 2023 to November 2024. The rover is designed to land near Nobile Crater in the south polar regions of the moon. NASA said that the additional tests are intended to reduce the risk of landing VIPER.See the Story
NASA Delays Viper Moon Rover Mission to 2024 to 'Reduce Risk'
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SpaceChina sent a highly-classified reusable experimental spacecraft into orbit Thursday, two years after a similarly clandestine mission. Little is known about the spacecraft, but it is speculated, based on previous statements and activities, that the vehicle is a spaceplane. It is possibly an orbital segment which will operate with a reusable suborbital stage, apparently tested in 2021.See the Story
China launches mysterious reusable 'test spacecraft' to Earth orbit
67% Center coverage: 3 sources
Space Benchmark Space Systems to offer customers hybrid chemical-electric propulsion systems. Company plans to pair Halcyon high-test peroxide thrusters with Xantus thrusters. Metal plasma thrusters have undergone ground testing and have been integrated in a weather satellite Orion Space is scheduled to launch later this year.See the Story
Benchmark acquires Alameda Applied Science Corp. electric propulsion
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NASAFour smallsats designed to study the solar wind will share a ride to space on a Falcon 9. The Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission will fly as a rideshare. NASA awarded a contract to SpaceX in February 2021 for the Falcon 9 launch for SPHEREx.See the Story
NASA heliophysics smallsats to share launch with astrophysics mission
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