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The FireSat constellation looks to produce five-metre resolution imagery.

What is FireSat, the Google-backed satellite put into orbit by Elon Musk’s SpaceX?

March 19, 2025 9:12 am

FireSat aims to have an LEO constellation comprising 50 satellites designed to help firefighters mitigate wildfires before they grow out of control.

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China launches Pakistani satellite into space

January 17, 2025 1:07 pm

China has been launching satellites for Pakistan in the last few years broadening their alliance into the space arena.

Bezos' Blue Origin finally launches New Glenn rocket

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket on first test flight

January 16, 2025 2:09 pm

Blue Origin envisions six to eight New Glenn flights this year, if everything goes well, with the next one coming up this spring.

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India’s PSLV to launch world’s first parallel satellite pair for Sun’s outer secrets on Dec 4

November 25, 2024 10:09 am

The satellite pair has been designed to study the solar corona — the outer layer of the Sun’s atmosphere.

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North Korea says its latest satellite launch exploded in flight

May 27, 2024 11:09 pm

Japan said over its J-Alert broadcasting system that North Korea appeared to have fired a missile, sending out the warning to residents in southern prefecture of Okinawa.

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August 31, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Satellite Launch

August 30, 2023 10:35 pm

India’s second three-segment multipurpose satellite Insat-1B has successfully blasted off, aboard the space shuttle Challenger from Kennedy Space Centre in the US.

Satellites made by children set for launch, 20 kids from BMC schools part of mission

February 22, 2023 2:21 pm

It all started in November last year when a competitive entrance test of sort was held in the two wards.

Virgin orbit, start me up

Britain's groundbreaking satellite launch ends in failure

January 10, 2023 11:43 am

Virgin Orbit, part-owned by British billionaire Richard Branson, had planned to deploy nine small satellites into lower Earth orbit (LEO) in its first mission outside its United States base.

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Tiny English seaside resort counts down to western Europe's first satellite launch

January 10, 2023 12:34 pm

Virgin Orbit, part-owned by billionaire Richard Branson, said that the mission would launch nine satellites from its LauncherOne rocket, in what will be the first time the company has done so outside of its United States base.

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Virgin Orbit set for historic satellite launch from Britain scheduled for Monday

January 09, 2023 8:20 pm

Virgin Orbit, part-owned by billionaire Richard Branson who founded the Virgin Atlantic airline, plans to use a modified Boeing 747 with a rocket attached under its wing.

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