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Ariane 5 Rocket Blasts Off in February 2013
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Video du CSG
The first Ariane 5 heavy-lift mission of 2013, which launched on Feb. 7, delivered the Azerspace/Africasat-1a and Amazonas-3 telecom satellites into orbit. [
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Soyuz Flight ST26 Launch
Credit: Arianespace
On Feb. 6, 2013, Soyuz lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome on the fourth and final Arianespace/Starsem mission currently contracted by Globalstar for the deployment of its second-generation satellite constellation.
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Atlas 5 Rocket Streak and VAB: TDRS-K Satellite
Credit: NASA/Tony Gray
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket carrying NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K, TDRS-K, streaks past the Vehicle Assembly Building and Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after launching from Space Launch Complex 41 at 8:48 p.m. EST on Jan. 30, 2013.
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Atlas 5 Rocket Streaks and Lighthouse: TDRS-K Satellite
Credit: NASA/Rick Wetherington
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket carrying NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K, TDRS-K, streaks past the lighthouse on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida after launching from Space Launch Complex 41 at 8:48 p.m. EST on Jan. 30, 2013, in this long-exposure view.
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Atlas 5 Rocket Streaks Into Space with TDRS-K Satellite
Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 401 rocket streaks away from Space Launch Complex 41 into the night sky over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K, TDRS-K, to orbit. Launch was at 8:48 p.m. EST on Jan. 30, 2013, in this long-exposure image.
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South Korea's Naro Rocket Launch
Credit: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
A Korean Space Launch Vehicle 1 rocket, also called Naro, launches into orbit from South Korea's Naro Space Center on Jan. 30, 2013, successfully carrying a science satellite into orbit. It marked South Korea's third KSLV-1 rocket launch, and the booster's first successful flight.
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Water and Space: NASA Sounding Rocket Launch
Credit: Courtesy of Brea Reeves / NASA/Wallops Flight Facility
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket roars toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's seaside Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
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Ascent: NASA Sounding Rocket Soars Spaceward, Jan. 29, 2013
Credit: NASA Wallops Flight Facility/Terry Zaperach
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket streaks toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
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NASA Launches Sounding Rocket: Jan. 29, 2013
Credit: NASA Wallops Flight Facility/Terry Zaperach
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket launches toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
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Monkey in Space
Credit: Iran State TV/Powered by NewsLook
Iranian space officials announced Monday (Jan. 28, 2013) that they have successfully launched a live monkey into space.
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ULA Atlas 5 Rocket Launches SBIRS GEO-2 Satellite
Credit: Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the second Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO-2 satellite for the U.S. Air Force at 5:21 p.m. EDT on March 19, 2013. [
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