Spacecraft Atmospheric Reentry

When Will Tiangong-1 Re-enter?

By Tobias Lips on September 15, 2016

On September 29, 2011, China launched its first experimental space station called Tiangong-1 (“Heavenly Palace”). During its operational lifetime... Read more →

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Facebook’s Near-Space Pseudo-Satellite

By Staff Writers on September 13, 2016

Last year, Facebook, in partnership with Eutelsat, agreed to lease the entire African Ka-Band payload on the ill-fated Amos-6 satellite for $95... Read more →

Press Clips

Press Clips Week 35-2016

By Staff Writers on September 11, 2016

China's Second Space Lab Tiangong-2 to be Launched China's second space lab Tiangong-2 is scheduled to be put into space between September 15 and... Read more →

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Stratospheric Balloon Successful Flight Mission

By Staff Writers on September 9, 2016

World View has successfully completed a high-altitude balloon mission for the Southwest Research Institute, a flight funded by the NASA Flight... Read more →

News

Long March 4C With Gaofen-10 Failure

By Staff Writers on September 6, 2016

Very little is still known about Long March 4C rocket that blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi at 18:55 UTC on September... Read more →

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Press Clips Week 34-2016

By Staff Writers on September 5, 2016

Long March 4C Suffers Launch Failure with Gaofen-10 Earth Observation Satellite The launch of a Chinese Long March 4C rocket carrying an Earth... Read more →