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Archive for June 25th, 2019

First Falcon Heavy mission for U.S. DOD successfully launched

June 25th, 2019 by

Rocket: Falcon Heavy; Payload: STP-2; Date: 25 June 2019, 0630 UTC; Launch site: Kennedy Space Center.

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China launches 46th navigation satellite

June 25th, 2019 by

Rocket: Chang Zheng-3B/G2; Payload: Beidou-3I2 (IGSO-2) [aka Beidou-46]; Date: 24 June 2019, 1805 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. After in-orbit tests, the new satellite will work with those BDS satellites already in orbit to improve the coverage and positioning accuracy of the system.

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UK Space Agency teams with O2 on driverless cars

June 25th, 2019 by

The UK Space Agency is joining forces with mobile communications giant O2 to develop next generation technology needed for driverless cars.

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