The U.S. Air Force has cleared the Falcon Heavy rocket to carry its military satellites into space but SpaceX still has to work on certifying it for the most stressing national security space orbits.
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Category: Space
X-37B just clocked new spaceflight-duration record
The current X-37B mission – OTV-5 – has broken a new spaceflight-duration record that was previously set at 717 days, 20 hours and 42 minutes during the previous mission.
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Pentagon kills RKV
The Pentagon has decided to pull the plug on the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program after “exercising due diligence,” the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering says.
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Japan wants to develop killer satellite
The Yomiuri Shimbun reports that Tokyo is studying a plan to develop a killer satellite that can take down another satellite in space using a robotic arm.
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Russia says it has found a way to hide satellites from telescopes
Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, claims it has invented a unique air-bubble wrap that can reduce the visibility of any satellite that uses it while in space.
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