Page 3 - Rocket Launch
China says debris from its rocket landed near Maldives, gets chided by Nasa
Most of the debris burned up on re-entry Sunday morning, China said. The head of NASA accused it of "failing to meet responsible standards."
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SpaceX flies Falcon 9 rocket booster for record ninth time
Tech billionaire Elon Musk's private aerospace company SpaceX on Sunday launched 60 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center
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ISRO launches sounding rocket to study attitudinal variations
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a sounding rocket to study attitudinal variations in the neutral winds and plasma dynamics
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Isro gears up to launch its new-generation mini rocket on maiden flight
Isro is getting ready to launch a new-generation compact rocket on its maiden orbital test flight, the space agency said
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Pact with Isro boosts Skyroot's bid to launch India's first private rocket
Skyroot Aerospace's programme to launch India's first-ever privately-designed and developed rocket, Vikram-1, received a boost
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Skyroot Aerospace successfully test fires a solid propulsion rocket stage
This is the first time that a private company has successfully designed, developed and tested a full solid propulsion rocket stage in India
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China's new space carrier rocket launches 5 satellites on its maiden flight
China's new medium-lift carrier rocket Long March-8 made its maiden flight on Tuesday
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Second launch of Russia's heavy carrier rocket scheduled for December
Russia carried out the first test launch of the Angara-A5 rocket in 2014 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome
China positions rocket ahead of ambitious lunar mission next week
The mission aims to bring back materials from the moon for the first time in decades
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Tamil Nadu identifies 961 hectares for country's second rocket launch port
At present, rockets are launched from Isro's spaceport at Sriharikotta. The Centre is setting up a second facility due to increase in the number of launches by Isro for domestic and global customers
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Space tech start-up Pixxel to launch satellite on Russian Soyuz rocket
India's first private earth imaging company raises $5 million in seed funding in Blume Ventures-led round
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Govt may set up new rocket launch pad near Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu
The development comes on the backdrop of increasing launches from India, both for domestic and international customers
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Japan's first privately backed rocket explodes just after lift-off
Interstellar Technologies, founded by popular internet service provider Livedoor's creator Takafumi Horie
