Virgin Orbit launches 10 satellites to orbit in landmark test flight

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Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket reached orbit today (Jan. 17) on its second test flight — and also successfully deployed 10 satellites....
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- On: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 22:53 +0000
SpaceX will launch its 1st Starlink satellites of 2021 on Monday. Here's how to watch.

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SpaceX will launch its first batch of Starlink satellites in 2021 on Monday (Jan. 18) to expand the company's growing megaconstellation and you can watch the action live online. ...
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- On: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 20:35 +0000
Watch live Monday: SpaceX to launch 1st Starlink mission of 2021

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the first Starlink satellite fleet of 2021 on Monday (Jan. 18) and you can watch it live online here, courtesy of SpaceX....
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- On: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 19:51 +0000
'Old Faithful' galaxy has brilliant outbursts every 114 days

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An "Old Faithful"-like event in space may shed light on the nature of stars nearby supermassive black holes embedded in galaxies....
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- On: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:48 +0000
How do stars die?

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Surprisingly, the fate of a star is easy to predict. All you need to know is how big it is....
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- On: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:47 +0000
On This Day in Space! Jan. 17, 1985: Final Aerobee sounding rocket launched

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On Jan. 17, 1985, the United States launched its 1,037th and final Aerobee rocket. See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!...
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- On: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:00 +0000