A new satellite on the Gaofen-9 remote sensing series was orbited by China on Wednesday. A Long March 2D launched the Gaofen-9 (04) at 04:01:54 UTC from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center’s LC43/94 complex. This was also the 50th launch of the Long March-2D launch vehicle and the 342nd launch […]
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New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched construction of a grand temple dedicated to revered Hindu God Ram at the venue the Hindus believe was the birthplace of the idol. The temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh will be complete in three years. Several Indian-American organisations […]
South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development has reportedly conducted a new test of the latest ballistic missile, known as the Hyunmoo-4. Some sources reported that the Agency for Defense Development conducted test-firing of Hyunmoo-series missile systems with 800km range drawing by the recent airspace restriction notice. The new Hyunmoo-4 ballistic missile is […]
The Pacific Spaceport Complex, located in Kodiak, Alaska, is preparing to support the launch of Astra’s first orbital test flight, featuring the company’s Rocket 3.1 launcher. Teams are currently conducting final preparations ahead of the opening of the two hour launch window, which is currently set to open at 7:00 […]
An Ariane 5 rocket, operated by European Launch Service provider ArianeSpace, is undergoing final preparations ahead of its 109th scheduled flight, designated VA253. The heavy lift rocket is scheduled to launch from pad Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (ELA-3) at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 21:30 UTC (17:30 […]
After another successful launch of consumables and experiments to the International Space Station just days prior, Roscosmos – the Russian Space Agency – is set to launch a Proton-M rocket with two Russian Ekspress communications satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan. The launch, which will take place from […]
Dynamo Kiev ultras have let off flares, marched outside a match and promised to make new boss Mircea Lucescu’s working life a misery, reacting with fury to the appointment of the former manager of fierce rivals Shakhtar Donetsk. New manager Mircea Lucescu resigned just days into his reign as Dynamo […]
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Augur released the second version of its betting platform Tuesday. The project was one of Ethereum’s first in 2015 with angel investments from Vitalik Buterin. Its v2 adds a suite of new crypto tools including IPFS, MakerDAO’s Dai, 0x Mesh and Uniswap’s pricing oracles. The ultimate decentralized finance (DeFi) money […]
The Russian Federation’s state-owned space corporation, Roscosmos, is preparing to launch their next resupply mission to the International Space Station. The supply craft, Progress MS-15, is scheduled to launch at 14:26:22 UTC, or 10:26:22 EDT on Thursday, 23 July from Site No. 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The Progress […]
Stocks, ETFs and crypto investment platform Robinhood told prospective UK customers the launch in the country has been indefinitely postponed. Source link
Thailand’s Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a Digital Assets Exchange License to ERX, a trading platform launched by asset digitization firm Elevated Returns (ER), the company announced Tuesday. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by […]
SpaceX is targeting Monday, July 20 for the launch of a South Korean military communications satellite, ANASIS-II. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket is scheduled within a window from 5:00 PM to 8:55 PM EDT (21:00 to 00:55 UTC). The launch will take place from SLC-40 at the […]
Japan’s largest banking firm, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), is set to issue a digital currency in the second half of this year. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. […]
Furious that the National Organization for Women has yet to remove President Toni Van Pelt over allegations of racism, a group of state chapter leaders have started a social media campaign to push her out of office. Over the month of July, the California NOW chapter is hosting Facebook live […]
Portland Antifa and Black Lives Matter launched explosives at the Federal Courthouse and Justice Center while attempting to barricade agents inside on the 50th night of riots in the ultra liberal city. There was also severe violence against random citizens that they disagree with politically during Friday night’s chaos. Portland […]
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Northrop Grumman stands ready to launch the classified NROL-129 mission, consisting of four payloads designed and built by the National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff is targeted for Wednesday, 15 July in a launch window that opens at 09:00 EDT (13:00 UTC). This will be the first launch of the Minotaur IV […]
Launch of the Perseverance rover to Mars is nearly at hand, with United Launch Alliance entering into the final phase of pre-launch preparations for the payload and rocket. But by far the most fascinating pre-launch element of this mission isn’t its processing flow but rather the ability for United Launch […]
After six years of preparation, the United Arab Emirates is set to launch its first spacecraft to Mars, and what it describes as the red planet’s first weather satellite. The spacecraft, named Hope, is now officially complete and ready to blast off to Mars on July 14, the Emirati engineers […]
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has delayed the maiden launch of their upcoming heavy-medium rocket: the Ariane 6. Arianespace – the prime contractor for Ariane 6 – and ESA now expect it to launch NET (no earlier than) the second half of 2021, with at least six months of delay. […]
China’s new solid rocket motor Kuaizhou-11 launch vehicle has failed on its first mission. China conducted the inaugural launch of the long-delayed Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-11) rocket at 04:17 UTC from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Friday, carrying two satellites, before confirming the failure of the mission in the latter stages […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0a/1079844809_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_498cdc2b91fc262fa3abf0afc88edb02.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007101079844851-first-launch-of-chinese-kuaizhou-11-rocket-fails-reports-suggest/ BEIJING (Sputnik) – The first launch of a solid-fueled carrier rocket Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-1A), launched from northwestern China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, was unsuccessful, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. According to the media outlet, the rocket suffered a failure at 12.17 p.m. local […]