https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107663/90/1076639093_0:193:2954:1855_1200x675_80_0_0_fa24bc4542c8e8e4e47d3bf1391ee4a0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009161080470382-us-to-stop-using-russian-rocket-engine-rd-180-in-mid-2020s—united-launch-alliance/ MOSCOW, September 16 (Sputnik) – US company United Launch Alliance (ULA) plans to end operation of the Atlas-5 launch vehicle with the Russian RD-180 engine in the mid-2020s, Julie Arnold, an ULA spokeswoman, told Sputnik. The RD-180 engine is manufactured at the Energomash […]
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Rocket Lab has announced that the kick stage used on their 14th Electron launch, “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical,” was transitioned into satellite mode after payload deployment. This is the first Photon satellite to fly, named “First Light.” The technology demonstration tested the spacecraft systems needed to enable new […]
Rocket Lab is preparing their Electron smallsat launch vehicle for its Return To Flight mission, nicknamed “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical”. This will be the company’s first launch following an anomaly on the “Pics or it Didn’t Happen” flight that led to that mission’s failure. For its 14th flight, […]
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Earlier in the day, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement that “Palestinian rioters” in Gaza “hurled explosives & attempted to approach the security fence” leading to Israel. The Israeli Defence Forces in the early hours of Sunday morning announced that rocket alert sirens had been heard in southern Israel […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0e/1080173618_0:46:1900:1115_1200x675_80_0_0_e5207edf91ef38d8140b454ffe397133.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202008151080173651-ariane-5-rocket-heads-to-space-to-deliver-two-satellites-into-orbit—video/ The launch has been postponed several times since July due to both weather conditions and red signals on the main stage’s liquid hydrogen fuel tank during countdown. The Ariane 5 rocket will place two communication satellites into orbit, a Galaxy 30/Mission Extension Vehicle-2 for INTELSAT, and […]
The SpaceX capsule sits aboard a recovery ship in the Gulf of Mexico. NASA/Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption NASA/Screenshot by NPR The SpaceX capsule sits aboard a recovery ship in the Gulf of Mexico. NASA/Screenshot by NPR Updated at 6:40 p.m. ET Two NASA astronauts are back on […]
The U.S. Army has finalized its requirements for M72-series light rocket launchers. The solicitation, released Jul 31 on Federal Business Opportunities, states that the U.S. Army Contracting Command issues the subject solicitation for the manufacturing, testing and delivery of the M72 Light Assault Weapon (LAW) variants and components for Shoulder […]
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said Tuesday it has won U.S. consent to use solid fuel for space launch vehicles, a move that is expected to enable Seoul to launch its first surveillance satellites and acquire technology to build more powerful missiles. Solid fuel offers greater mobility for missiles […]
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 […]
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 […]