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India enters the big league with new, powerful rocket

Posted: 02 Jun 2017 10:31 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest...ig-league.html

The countdown has begun for the first fully operational flight of the
Indian Space Research Organization’s most powerful rocket to date: the
Geostationary Launch Vehicle Mark 3, or GSLV-MK3.

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LightSail 2 partner spacecraft ships safely to New Mexico

Posted: 02 Jun 2017 04:00 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason...x-1-ships.html

Georgia Tech's Prox-1 spacecraft has arrived at the Air Force Research
Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where it will be integrated with
LightSail 2. The SmallSats will ride to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy
rocket in December 2017 or later.