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Rocket launches may need regulation to prevent ozone depletion, says study

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 31, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (65) | 24

The global market for rocket launches may require more stringent regulation in order to prevent significant damage to Earth's stratospheric ozone layer in the decades to come, according to a new study by researchers ...

Busy rocket season to launch at Poker Flat Research Range

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Jan 12, 2009 | 2 / 5 (1) | 0

A total of eight National Aeronautics and Space Administration sounding rockets will launch from Poker Flat Research Range in 2009. The rocket season is split into two launch windows. The first launch window opens Jan. 10, ...

Japan to develop midair rocket-launch system

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Jan 26, 2009 | 4 / 5 (4) | 0

The government has launched a project to develop a midair rocket-launching system that can place satellites in orbit, it has been learned.

Rocket launches Air Force satellite from Fla.

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Dec 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- A rocket carrying an Air Force satellite that will be used by the military has launched from Cape Canaveral.

Delays seen for Soyuz, Vega launches at Europe's space base

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Jun 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The first launches by the veteran Russian rocket Soyuz and a new light rocket called Vega from Europe's space base will be postponed to 2010, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Monday.

Russian rocket to launch from French Guiana in 2010

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Nov 07, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 4

A Russian rocket will next year for the first time blast off from a European launch pad in South America, officials said Saturday, as the first rockets headed for the site on board a ship.

NASA launches rocket, dozens report strange lights

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Sep 20, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- NASA says it successfully launched a rocket in Virginia as part of an experiment, and the blast may have caused dozens of people to report seeing strange lights in the sky.

Russia launches telecom satellite

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Nov 18, 2007 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

The Russian space agency Sunday launched a telecommunications satellite into orbit from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.

Bad weather could interfere with NASA test flight

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Oct 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- NASA's newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight.

HEX2 a success: 4-rocket aurora experiment launches from Poker Flat

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Feb 15, 2007 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

An experiment called HEX2 that consisted of four NASA suborbital sounding rockets, launched from Poker Flat Research Range during an aurora display over northern Alaska this morning. Each rocket emitted vapor trails in an ...

Russian firm besieged with rocket orders

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Jul 17, 2007 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has received 14 orders for the Proton carrier rockets the firm manufactures.

India launches first commercial rocket

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Apr 23, 2007 | 4.5 / 5 (8) | 0

India's first commercial rocket was fired into space Monday, carrying a 776-pound Italian satellite that will collect data on the origins of the universe.

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