Air Force GPS Satellite Roars Into Space
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The mobile service tower (MST) was retracted from around the Boeing Delta 2 rocket at launch pad 17B at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004, exposing the vehicle as the countdown entered its final hours before liftoff.
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U.S. launches rocket carrying two satellites into space    WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- A rocket carrying two experimental satellites for U.S. Air Force and NASA was launched into space at 7:00 a.m.
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FLEDGLING space power China today launched a satellite from a remote desert region for a short-term scientific mission, state media reported.
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An Atlas 5 rocket launched spaceward late Thursday, hauling a clutch of six military research satellites into orbit for the U.S. Air Force.
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By CHARLES D. BRUNT Journal Staff Writer A new Department of Defense agency responsible for designing, deploying and operating satellites that help troops on the ground win battles officially set up shop Monday at Kirtland Air Force Base.
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A European Ariane rocket launched a military surveillance satellite on Saturday, the third in a French-led drive for a European &quot;spy in the sky&quot; independent of the United States.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Boeing&#39;s massive new Delta 4 Heavy rocket lumbered from its seaside pad Tuesday afternoon, beginning a mission designed to prove the vehicle is capable of lofting super-sized military satellites into orbit.
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By TOM ROEDER THE GAZETTE  A satellite built by Air Force Academy cadets was carried into orbit Thursday aboard an Atlas V rocket that was launched at 8:11 p.m. MST from from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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The US Air Force has praised a new Boeing Co. rocket meant to loft schoolbus-sized military satellites, despite its failure to put a dummy spacecraft into its planned orbit this week.
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A MANNED private rocketship burst through the Earth&#39;s atmosphere into space today after a hair-raising ascent, putting it half-way towards winning a $US10 million ($13.
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WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Dec. 11 - Air Force and NASA officials scrapped the scheduled launch of a new surveillance satellite this morning after technicians found a software glitch that would have left the vehicle without adequate solar power.
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The American probe becomes the first spacecraft to transmit data from another planet back to Earth.
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Russia sends military satellite into space    MOSCOW. Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Russia put a military satellite into orbit on Thursday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian news agencies reported.
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As an unusual Christmas present to the world, Russia sent the last three of its GPS-compatible GLONASS satellites into space on Tuesday, whose missions range from global military tracking to keeping an eye on civilian-owned pet dogs and cats.
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By DENA POTTER  RICHMOND, Va. - Air Force officials on Thursday cleared an experimental satellite for the first rocket launch from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport, after a software glitch had grounded it. The launch was rescheduled for Saturday.
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The U.S. Air Force could start operating aircraft in "near space," the no man's land above 65,000 feet but below an outer space orbit, within a year, a top U.S. Air Force space official said on Tuesday.
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New China News Agency reported that the satellite was set into orbit by a &#39;Long Walking- 2C&#39; rocket. The satellite was launched at 15:50 local time (10:50 in Turkey) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launching Center in Gansu province in northwestern China.