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Russia launches Glonass navigation satellite

October 26, 2020 Stephen Clark

A Soyuz booster and Fregat upper stage successfully delivered an upgraded Russian Glonass navigation satellite to an orbit nearly 12,000 miles above Earth on Saturday.

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Soyuz launches with 22 satellites

September 29, 2020 Stephen Clark

A Russian Soyuz rocket launched Monday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome with 22 satellites for operators in Russia, Europe, Canada, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates.

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Proton rocket lifts off with two Russian Express comsats

July 30, 2020 Stephen Clark

Flying for the first time this year, a Proton rocket streaked into space Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with two Russian Express communications satellites that will beam television, radio and broadband signals across the country.

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Soyuz rocket launches Russian military satellite after one-month delay

February 20, 2020 Stephen Clark

A Russian military communications satellite rode a Soyuz rocket and Fregat upper stage Thursday into an orbit stretching nearly 25,000 miles (40,000 kilometers) above Earth, successfully launching after a one-month delay to replace a suspect third stage on the Soyuz booster.

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Russia retires Rockot launcher after liftoff with four satellites

December 27, 2019 Stephen Clark

The final flight of Russia’s Rockot launcher took off Thursday and placed four satellites into orbit nearly 1,000 miles above Earth, ending a run of 31 launches since May 2000.

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Russia adds new satellite to Glonass navigation fleet

December 11, 2019 Stephen Clark

Russia launched a fresh satellite for the Glonass network Wednesday aboard a Soyuz rocket, replenishing a fleet of positioning and timing stations used around the world for navigation services.

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Russian military satellite orbited by Rockot launcher

August 30, 2019 Stephen Clark

A geodetic surveying satellite for the Russian military successfully launched Friday aboard a Rockot booster — a modified ballistic missile — from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

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Proton rocket lifts off with Russian military satellite

August 5, 2019 Stephen Clark

A Blagovest communications spacecraft lifted off Monday aboard a Proton rocket to complete a network of four relay satellites in geostationary orbit for the Russian military. The Proton rocket’s Breeze M upper stage successfully delivered the Blagovest spacecraft to its intended orbit nine hours later.

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Soyuz perseveres through lightning strike with Glonass satellite

May 28, 2019 Stephen Clark

A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a Glonass navigation satellite withstood a lightning strike seconds after liftoff Monday, and still delivered its payload to orbit.

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Military communications satellite launched by Russian Proton rocket

December 21, 2018 Stephen Clark

A Russian military communications satellite launched Friday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, riding a Proton rocket and Breeze M upper stage into orbit on just the second Proton flight this year, the lowest annual flight rate for Russia’s most powerful operational launcher since the 1960s.

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  • Department of the Air Force issues draft documents for new SpaceX launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base
    May 19, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 1,000th Starlink satellite of the year during Friday morning mission
    May 16, 2025
  • Axiom Mission 4 delayed due to Dragon capsule readiness
    May 14, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 475th Falcon 9 rocket to date on afternoon Starlink flight
    May 14, 2025
  • Intuitive Machines’ CEO points to issues that prevented upright touchdown during IM-2 Moon landing
    May 14, 2025
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