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China confirms failure to put SAR spy satellite into space

Posted on May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 by alert5

China has confirmed that the launch of Yaogan-33 satellite aboard a Long March 4C rocket on May 23 has failed. The third stage of the launch system was to be blamed for the failure.

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Gundam and Char’s Zaku to orbit Earth

Posted on May 17, 2019 by alert5

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Tokyo University Graduate School of Engineering’s Aerospace Engineering department will be working together to send models of the original Gundam and Char’s Zaku from the Mobile Suit Gundam anime into space.

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Yuzhnoye successfully carried out vibration tests of Cyclone-4M rocket

Posted on May 16, 2019 by alert5

Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye has completed vibration testing of the fairing for the Cyclone-4M rocket. The company says representatives from Maritime Launch Services were on-site to observe the tests as well.

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