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Archive for July 21st, 2019

Latest Soyuz spaceship arrives at ISS after launch

July 21st, 2019 by

Rocket: Soyuz-FG; Payload: Soyuz MS-13; Date: 20 July 2019, 1628 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. After lift-off, the crewed spaceship entered orbit in approximately nine minutes.

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Virgin Orbit in partnership with RAF for responsive launch campaign

July 21st, 2019 by

Virgin Orbit has been selected by the U.K.’s Royal Air Force (RAF) to provide responsive launch capabilities for a small satellite constellation Operational Capability Demonstrator through a new RAF project named “ARTEMIS.”

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Tiangong 2 destroyed in controlled fall to Earth

July 21st, 2019 by

China’s Tiangong-2 space lab successfully re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere on 19 July under controlled conditions.

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