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China successfully launches epic Chang'e-6 lunar probe in first human attempt to retrieve samples from far side of the Moon
11 May 2024 19:13 GMT
… increasing Long March-5’s lunar transfer orbit payload capacity by 100 kilograms …
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JAXA’s Moon Sniper SLIM spacecraft successfully inserted into lunar transfer orbit
28 Sep 2023 06:35 GMT
JAXA has completed a sequence of delicate manoeuvres and its Moon Sniper SLIM mission is now on its way to lunar orbit. The spacecraft will take between two and three months to reach lunar orbit, and will spend about a month in lunar orbit in preparation …
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China to launch sample-return mission to the moon's far side on May 3
29 Apr 2024 19:08 GMT
… time of delivery to the Lunar Transfer Orbit [LTO], so the launch window …
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Terran Orbital's CAPSTONE Satellite Successfully Deploys from Rocket Lab Lunar Photon into Lunar Transfer Orbit
07 Jul 2022 15:15 GMT
… Lab Lunar Photon into a Lunar Transfer Orbit. The Terran Orbital designed, built …
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CAPSTONE Satellite, Designed and Built by Terran Orbital, Successfully Deploys from Rocket Lab Lunar Photon into Lunar Transfer Orbit
07 Jul 2022 13:47 GMT
… Lab Lunar Photon into a Lunar Transfer Orbit. The Terran Orbital designed, built …
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Rocket Lab deploys satellite to lunar transfer orbit for NASA
05 Jul 2022 11:13 GMT
… deployed the CAPSTONE satellite to lunar transfer orbit for NASA, charting a new …
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UPDATE 6: Lunar Transfer Orbit achieved by Rocket Lab for the NASA CAPSTONE smallsat — 1st deep space mission success for the company
05 Jul 2022 00:29 GMT
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”) has successfully deployed a pathfinding satellite for NASA, setting it on a course to the Moon. This deployment marks the successful completion of Rocket Lab’s first deep space mission, …
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China's space program to keep strong momentum in 2024: CASC
11 Mar 2024 07:39 GMT
… 27 ton to the Earth-lunar transfer orbit and that of 70 ton …
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Second Private U.S. Lander Launches to the Moon
15 Feb 2024 19:33 GMT
… , eventually deploying Odysseus into a lunar transfer orbit roughly 48.5 minutes after …
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Intuitive Machines IM-1 heading for Moon on SpaceX rocket
15 Feb 2024 18:37 GMT
… oxygen.
The launch into a lunar transfer orbit went ahead at 0605 UTC …