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 […]
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It’s effectively July 2017 in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi), and as in the heady days of the initial coin offering (ICO) boom, the numbers are only trending up. According to DeFi Pulse, there is $1.9 billion in crypto assets locked in DeFi right now. According to the CoinDesk […]
Germany’s Army, known as the Bundeswehr, plans to procure a batch of new unitary guided missiles with a unitary warhead for the MARS II rocket launcher. According to a press release issued on 2 July by Bundeswehr, the national parliament of the Federal Republic has approved the acquisition of new […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107854/38/1078543829_0:61:3399:1973_1200x675_80_0_0_8b99d7ea3a6294a002eec28e8b2bca42.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202007051079803311-baghdad-international-airport-targeted-after-rocket-attack-on-us-embassy—reports/ CAIRO (Sputnik) – A rocket landed near the Baghdad International Airport in the early hours of Monday, which comes after the US embassy in Baghdad came under a rocket attack, Iraq’s Al Sumaria TV reports. “One rocket landed in the vicinity of the […]
Founded in 2004, the private US aerospace company has put 53 spacecraft into low-Earth orbit and most of its missions have been successful. Saturday’s launch was initially scheduled for 5 July, however, due to a bad weather forecast, the company moved it one day earlier, a rare occurrence in the […]
A rocket fired toward Baghdad’s Green Zone, where the US’ and other embassies are based, failed to reach the diplomatic compound and, instead, landed near a house, Iraq’s military said on Sunday. A child was injured. Citing police sources, Reuters reported that a missile defense system protecting the US embassy […]
Nearly three weeks after the last flight of Rocket Lab’s workhorse Electron rocket, the California-based company is aiming to perform the most rapid turnaround between launches to date with the launch of Electron Flight 13, which features seven small satellites as the payload. The mission is currently scheduled to launch […]
NASA has initialized plans via a letter contract with Northrop Grumman for 12 additional Solid Rocket Boosters, or SRBs, for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket — a pending contract with a potential value of $49.5 million USD. In the letter contract, the agency will “provide initial funding and […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107972/21/1079722173_126:0:3767:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_7cc7941855369b3901bfbea9fa9ac1e3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202006251079722278-photos-virgin-galactics-unity-spacecraft-completes-final-test-before-adding-rocket-power/ According to a Thursday statement by Virgin Galactic, the space company’s second gliding test of its Unity spacecraft appears to have been a success. Now, the air-deployed spaceplane will move on to rocket engine tests, preparing for when it will one day fly […]
Defense industry leaders in Serbia presented the home-built modular Oganj self-propelled multiple rocket launcher capable of firing several different guided and unguided artillery rockets or even anti-tank guide missiles. The new weapon system, called the LRSVM M-18, was unveiled during the visit of the Serbian Minister of Defence, Aleksandar Vulin […]
Multiple rockets are believed to have been fired into the heavily-fortified Green Zone in Iraq’s capital city, according to local media, with US Apache helicopters reportedly scrambled in the area following the blasts. Up to four Katyusha rockets landed in or near the Green Zone early on Thursday morning, a […]
In the summer of 2018, the president spent an immoderate amount of time fixating on delivering a Donald Trump-signed CD featuring Elton John’s 1972 hit “Rocket Man” to Kim Jong Un. But he wasn’t only trying to please the North Korean dictator with a disc that included a track with […]
Launch rehearsal for the Birds of a Feather launch, Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. ________The SpinoffThe spy chief and the payload: The story behind NZ’s first US spy satellite launch by Ollie Neas In January a US spy satellite was launched from New Zealand for the first […]
For the first time in ten years, Solid Rocket Booster segments have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for flight operations. Successfully completing the cross-country train trip were all 10 propellant segments for the Artemis 1 mission of the SLS rocket as well as inert Castor-series segments for […]
At least one rocket was fired into the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in the Iraqi capital, with a loud blast reported in the area. The attack reportedly resulted in no casualties and only minor damage. A Katyusha rocket landed within the Green Zone in the early hours of Thursday […]
Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006101079579211-sirens-sound-off-as-rocket-land-in-baghdads-green-zone-near-us-embassy/ An Iraqi security source tells Sputnik that a rocket struck an area close to the US Embassy in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq, “An explosion has recently hit the Green Zone after a rocket had fallen near the US Embassy inside the zone. […]
After a several week stand-down due to the global coronavirus pandemic, Rocket Lab is preparing to launch its 12th Electron mission to date—a rideshare mission with payloads from NASA, the NRO, and the University of New South Wales. The mission will launch from Rocket Lab’s Complex 1 on the Mahia […]
A ground-to-ground test of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System was successfully conducted at Yuma Proving Ground. Source link
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has become the first private company to launch NASA astronauts into space as a Falcon rocket with two people aboard blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 3:22pm local time. At 3:35pm the Crew […]
US 02:53 GMT 26.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107941/65/1079416589_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_944ef407459a8d876865ed43cdd8fe96.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005261079416502-virgin-orbit-says-air-launched-rocket-tests-fail/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Virgin Orbit company said the tests of the air-launched LauncherOne carrier rocket had failed. “We’ve confirmed a clean release from the aircraft. However, the mission terminated shortly into the flight”, the company said […]
Virgin Orbit has attempted the first test flight of its orbital payload launch system, consisting of a modified Boeing 747 and an air-launched rocket. The mission, however, failed moments after the rocket was released. The carrier aircraft and its rocket – dubbed ‘Cosmic Girl’ and ‘Launcher One’, respectively – took […]
At least one rocket fell near Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses the US Embassy and other diplomatic compounds in Iraq, according to reports, possibly marking the first attack on the facility in weeks. The explosion set off sirens at the US Embassy compound on Tuesday morning, local media […]
Tech 04:03 GMT 12.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107662/67/1076626765_0:67:1280:787_1200x675_80_0_0_b58dbe1af25dd91dd68c4bcdcc122eaa.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202005121079276969-soyuz-7-rocket-for-sea-launch-to-be-equipped-with-new-fregat-sbu-upper-stage/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Soyuz-7 rocket for blastoffs from the Sea Launch floating spaceport is planned to be equipped with the new Fregat-SBU upper stage, the director-general of the upper stage developer – Lavochkin Research and Production […]
Rocket Lab has rolled out the first Electron rocket that will lift off from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), the company’s launch site at Virginia’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS). Rocket Lab has also performed several tests on the rocket and ground equipment to verify pad systems. LC-2’s maiden launch, carrying the […]