Fifty foreign journalists have been allowed to see North Korea’s Unha-3 rocket at its northwestern launch facility.
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Category: Space
First stage of Unha-3 rocket might be on launch pad
Commercial satellite photographs taken on Apr. 4, seen by 38 North, suggests North Korea may have placed the first stage on the Unha-3 rocket on the launch pad.
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USAF refurbishing two DMSP military weather satellites
The U.S. Air Force has asked Lockheed Martin to bring two Defense Meteorological Support Program (DMSP) military weather satellites out of storage and prepare them for launch into space.
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Delta IV Medium+ carries new U.S. spy satellite into space
A new spy satellite for the U.S. military was launched into space on board a Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Apr. 4.
U.S. Air Force photo/Rodney Jones
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USAF orders Minotaur I
The U.S. Air Force has exercised an option order for a Minotaur I space launch vehicle to support the ORS-3 “Enabler” mission.
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