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SpaceX launches Dragon CRS-20, Bartolomeo

March 8th, 2020 by

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Dragon CRS-20; Date: 6 March 2020, 1850 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The Dragon capsule separated from Falcon 9’s second stage about nine minutes after lift-off and will attach to the space station on Monday, 9 March.

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Corona virus panic reaches Kourou

March 8th, 2020 by

Almost all Arianespace staff have reportedly left the Kourou space centre in French Guiana after several cases of the new coronavirus-related disease have been identified in a community nearby.

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DARPA selects SpaceLogistics as partner for robotic servicing

March 8th, 2020 by

SpaceLogistics LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as its commercial partner for the agency’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) programme.

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