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China spots floating objects in Malaysia jet hunt
Chinese satellites have detected possible debris from a Malaysian jet that vanished with 239 people on board, offering a new lead Thursday in one of the most mystifying incidents in modern aviation history.
13 March 2014
N.Korea enlarging site for bigger missiles: institute
North Korea appears to be expanding its main launch site to permit more advanced missiles which may eventually be able to reach the United States.
30 January 2014
NASA launches communications satellite
NASA on Thursday launched a new satellite to boost its growing communications network between Earth and the International Space Station, allowing for nearly uninterrupted video, voice link and data transmission.
24 January 2014
Sky no longer the limit for in-flight Internet service
Even over the moonscape Nevada desert, even in a 1950s seaplane, the Internet is there.
10 January 2014
Images show N. Korea efforts to restart nuclear complex
Satellite imagery suggests North Korea is making "wide-ranging, extensive" efforts to fully reactivate its main nuclear complex, a US think tank said Tuesday, in line with Pyongyang's vows to strengthen its weapons programme.
24 December 2013
Brazil, China to make new satellite launch in 2014
Brazil and China will launch a new joint environmental monitoring satellite next year to replace one which failed to enter orbit earlier this month, Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said Tuesday.
19 December 2013
Kazakhstan to cash in on satellites assembly
This facility will be first of its type within the CIS (…) the production facility will be producing satellites not only for Kazakhstan, some of them will be sold to other nations: Vice Chairman of KazKosmos National Space Agency.
05 December 2013
Third time a charm: SpaceX launches commercial satellite
After two delays, private US company SpaceX on Tuesday successfully launched its first commercial satellite, after repairs were made to the Falcon 9 rocket.
04 December 2013
KazKosmos and RosKosmos agree on developing cooperation program before 2030
The agreement was reached on a short visit of Mr. Oleg Ostapenko, Head of RosKosmos, to Astana, Kazakhstan’s capital city, November 26.
27 November 2013
Satellites to probe Earth's strange shield
Europe next week will launch a trio of hi-tech satellites to explore something that may seem utterly mundane: Earth's magnetic field.
18 November 2013
Kazakhstan to launch KazSat-3 by 2015 and scientific satellite by 2020
Kazakhstan is planning to launch a scientific spacecraft in 2023.
15 November 2013
Russia launches Proton rocket with military satellite
Russia successfully launched a Proton-M rocket carrying a military satellite in the early hours of Tuesday from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
13 November 2013
Space's 'Ferrari' set to fall to Earth
A science satellite dubbed the "Ferrari of space" for its sleek, finned looks will shortly run out of fuel and fall to Earth after a successful mission, the European Space Agency (ESA) says.
11 November 2013
Kazakhstan offeres Kyrgyzstan jointly use KazSat
Kazakhstan has offered Kyrgyzstan to use its KazSat communication satellites together.
05 November 2013
Student from Karaganda assembles his own nanosatellite
Margulan Yessenzhol, a high school student from Karaganda in central Kazakhstan, has assembled his own nanosatellite.
24 October 2013
N. Korea tests long-range rocket engine: US think-tank
New satellite images suggest North Korea tested a long-range rocket engine last month.
23 September 2013
Major construction at N. Korea's rocket test site: website
Fresh satellite imagery shows North Korea has embarked on a major new construction programme at the facility where it launched a long-range rocket in December.
02 September 2013
N. Korea halts work at long-range rocket site: website
Fresh satellite images confirm that North Korea has halted construction at a facility to launch a new generation of long-range rockets.
24 July 2013
India launches satellite for new navigation system
India launched the first of seven satellites for its domestic satellite navigation network Tuesday, its space centre said, in the first step to creating a scaled down version of the US Global Positioning System.
02 July 2013
Russia’s Proton-M explodes at Baikonur
About 600 tons of heptyl, a highly toxic fuel, might have been spilled around.
02 July 2013