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First flight of Japan’s Epsilon successful

September 14th, 2013 by

Rocket: Epsilon-1; Payload: SPRINT-A ‘Hisaki’; Date: 14 September 2013, 0500 UTC; Launch site: Uchinouora Space Center, Japan. The new launch vehicle flew smoothly, and, at about 61 minutes and 39 seconds after lift-off, the separation of SPRINT-A was confirmed.

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Delay of the day: Antares/Cygnus

September 14th, 2013 by

Orbital Sciences Corp. will postpone by at least 24 hours the launch of its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft on a demonstration mission to the International Space Station.

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