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Air Force and its mission partners successfully launch NROL71
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Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2019

A Delta IV Heavy lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the NROL-71 mission into space. (Photo courtesy of ULA)

The U.S. Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched the NROL-71 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office aboard a Delta IV Heavy from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Liftoff occurred at - 11:10 a.m. PST, Jan. 19.

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center acquired NROL-71's launch services from United Launch Alliance and applied rigorous mission assurance processes from the launch vehicle's production through liftoff to ensure mission success.

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ISRO to launch Kalamsat, Microsat on PSLV-C44 on January 24
New Delhi (IANS) Jan 18, 2019
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch an imaging satellite Microsat-R along with a student payload 'Kalamsat' from its spaceport in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on January 24, it announced on Thursday. "The 46th flight of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C44) will launch Microsat-R and Kalamsat from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on January 24," the state-run space agency said in a statement on its website. The country's only spa ... read more

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