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Added on the 04/05/2019 15:58:34 - Copyright : Euronews EN
United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched a Delta IV rocket carrying the eighth satellite in the US Air Force’s Wideband Global Satcom system, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Wednesday evening. The WGS-8 Air Force communications satellite was successfully launched into orbit at 18:52 ET. WGS-8 satellites are constructed by Boeing, each spacecraft has a design lifespan of fourteen years.
An unexpected explosion occurred during a fueling operation before the test firing of one of NASA's rockets at the Space X launch site at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday. According to witnesses the shock of the initial blast could be felt miles from the test site and several smaller explosions continued to occur for a few minutes afterwards. The blast reportedly destroyed Facebook's $200 million Internet.org satellite.
SpaceX launches communications satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
US-based satellite company ViaSat is teaming up with Boeing to create and deliver three new satellites that will deliver high-speed internet to remote areas around the world. The partnership was announced yesterday, months before the company is scheduled to launch its previous generation satellite, ViaSat-2, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
An Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral to deploy a mostly classified experimental space plane for the U.S. military. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
SpaceX's Starship blasts off from the company's spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas on the first test flight of the spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond. IMAGES