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An advanced satellite that will improve greatly the ability of UK military forces to communicate around the globe has been launched into space.
The Skynet 5C platform rode into orbit atop an Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana...
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India has successfully launched 10 satellites in a single mission, boosting its capabilities in space.
The rocket was carrying an Indian remote-sensing satellite and nine smaller ones, eight of them foreign.
The launch, from the Sriharikota space ce..
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A �1m competition to find the brightest ideas to help fight climate change is being launched.
The Big Green Challenge is looking for people's best "Eureka moments" for reducing carbon emissions.
The top 10 finalists will be given funding to help t..
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Britain has launched Skynet 5B - the latest spacecraft in a sophisticated new military communications system.
The satellite rode into orbit atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Kourou spaceport, in French Guiana.
Over the course of the next month,..
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China has successfully launched a communications satellite for Nigeria.
The official Xinhua news agency says it is the first time that a foreign buyer has purchased both a Chinese satellite and its launching service.
The Nigerian Communication Satel..
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India's first commercial rocket has been launched into space.
The rocket, a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), took off from the Sriharikota base in southern India at 1530 Indian time (1000 GMT).
It is carrying a 352kg Italian satellite which wi..
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