Orbital Successfully Launches Minotaur Rocket Carrying U.S. Air Force's TACSAT-2 Satellite
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Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB) today announced that it  successfully launched the TACSAT-2 satellite for the U.S. Air Force  aboard a Minotaur I space launch vehicle. The Minotaur launch was  carried out by Orbital for the U.S.
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By SONJA BARISIC ATLANTIC, Va. - A rocket carrying two experimental satellites into orbit blasted off Saturday in the first launch from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport, blazing a streak across the sky just before sunrise.
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BERLIN, Nov. 16 -- A small spacecraft has made it into lunar orbit, marking a key milestone in Europe&#39;s first successful mission to the moon and setting the stage for the craft to begin studying the lunar
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The US Air Force launched a global positioning system satellite Saturday from Cape Canaveral, Fla. It was the 12th successful launch of the new-generation GPS IIR spacecraft.
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In a crucial mission for Europe's space program, an upgraded Ariane-5 rocket successfully orbited two satellites into space on Saturday - two years after a first attempt ended in failure.
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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 SONJA BARISIC  ATLANTIC, Va. - Spectators cheered as a rocket carrying two experimental satellites blasted off Saturday in the first launch from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport, creating a blazing streak across the sky just before sunrise.
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A recoverable science experimental satellite is launched atop a Long March 2C carrier rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province, northwest China Aug. 29, 2004.
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An inflatable spacecraft designed as part of a project to put a hotel in space has successfully entered Earth's orbit.
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NASA&#39;s Swift satellite successfully launched today aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket at 12:16 pm EST from Launch Complex 17A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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An Ariane rocket lifted off on Sunday from a pad in South America to place France&#39;s third military spy satellite into orbit, Arianespace said.
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The U.S. shuttle Atlantis was in orbit Saturday, heading for the International Space Station.
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By Bill Geroux, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Dec. 16--W ALLOPS ISLAND  -- NASA and the Air Force said yesterday that they will try again this morning to launch a 69-foot orbital rocket from the regional spaceport on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
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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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The US space shuttle Atlantis successfully blasted off Friday from the Kennedy Space Center for a mission to the orbiting International Space Station, the first shuttle mission of 2007.
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NASAâs Genesis spacecraft performed a critical trajectory maneuver September 6, putting it on a precise course for plunging into Earthâs atmosphere and fireballing its way toward the Air Force&#39;s Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR), southwest of Salt
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A private manned rocket soared into space for a second time yesterday, landing successfully after an unexpectedly bumpy ride that nearly meant an early end to the team&#39;s bid to win a $10 million prize.