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The mobile service tower (MST) was retracted from around the Boeing Delta 2 rocket at launch pad 17B at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004, exposing the vehicle as the countdown entered its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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Shuttle lands to clear skies for shot at broken probe amid criticism Pentagon is militarising space
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By TOM ROEDER THE GAZETTE  An anti-satellite missile test carried out by China last month created the biggest debris cloud Air Force Space Command has seen in years and steeled determination of its commanders to get a clearer picture of objects in orbit.
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The fastest-swivelling space science observatory ever built rocketed into orbit on Saturday to scan the universe for violent celestial explosions.
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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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MOSCOW - Russia successfully launched a rocket on Tuesday carrying the last three satellites to complete a navigation system to rival America's GPS.
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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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An unmanned Nasa jet screamed into the record books high over the Pacific Ocean by reaching speeds of almost 7000 mph, brightening hopes that humans might one day be able to fly across a continent in minutes instead of hours.
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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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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.
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The US space agency, NASA, launched a satellite Saturday that scientists hope will help them locate the sources of mysterious gamma ray explosions, the
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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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Promise of improved comms in Asia Pacific The Thuraya-3 mobile voice and data services satellite has been successfully entered geosynchronous transfer orbit after having launched from the Oydessy Pacific Ocean rocket platform.â¦
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A Boeing Co. Delta 2 rocket successfully launched a new U.S. Air Force Global Positioning Satellite into orbit from Florida Saturday.
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One of the most powerful rockets ever constructed, a massive Boeing Co. Delta IV Heavy vehicle that is designed to be able to lift supersized military satellites into orbit, was successfully launched Tuesday at Cape Canaveral.
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PARIS -- A European rocket roared yesterday into space from a launch pad in South America, placing into orbit a surveillance satellite billed as giving France's military new abilities to spy worldwide.
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Satellite observation and control networks in China and France yesterday successfully tracked the orbiting of a satellite launched by the French Government.