X-37B OTV-1 has returned to orbit after launch from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41 at 1:03 p.m. Eastern time Dec. 11.
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Category: Space
X-37B cleared to launch Dec. 11
The X-37B has been cleared for it’s third mission in space, it will be placed in orbit using a Atlas 5 on Dec. 11.
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China confirms testing of multi-warhead DF-31A
The PLA Daily published on Dec. 10 carried an article that confirms testing of a new ICBM. The Washington Beacon reported on Dec. 4 that U.S. intelligence detected the launch of a road-mobile DF-31A missile on Nov. 30.
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Iran’s ICBM work lagging behind
A study by the Congressional Research Service for the U.S. Congress found that Iran is unlikely to achieve the capability to launch an ICBM by 2015.
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SpaceX to launch military satellites
SpaceX has secured its first launch contracts for the U.S. military. The company will send the Deep Space Climate Observatory using a Falcon 9 rocket in 2014.
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