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ULA’s Vulcan launches Space Force mission; solid booster anomaly under investigation

WASHINGTON — A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket lifted off early Feb. 12 on a multi-manifest national security mission, sending payloads directly to geosynchronous orbit more than 22,000 ...
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Know Your Orbits: Where We Keep Our Most Important Stuff in Space

Artistic impression of European Data Relay Satellite (EDRS) system (not to scale). These satellites work in GEO and relay data to and from non-GEO satellites, spacecraft, and stations that aren’t ...
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Falcon Heavy sends Jupiter-3 broadband giant toward geostationary orbit

TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX launched EchoStar’s more than nine metric ton Jupiter-3 spacecraft July 28 and successfully dropped off the world’s heaviest commercial communications satellite in geosynchronous ...
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Falcon Heavy returns after 18 months with ViaSat-3 launch

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center carrying the powerful ViaSat-3 F3 broadband satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit. The mission ended an 18-month gap for the ...
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Falcon Heavy returns to launch ViaSat-3 F3 satellite

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy completed its first mission in 18 months, launching the ViaSat-3 F3 broadband satellite from Kennedy Space Center to geosynchronous transfer orbit. The twin side boosters ...