** A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully put a USAF GPS satellite into orbit today following several scrubs this past week:
[ Update: A view of the launch from outside the Cape by the team at www.USLaunchReport.com:
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The launch took place at Cape Canaveral and caps a year with 21 successful launches for SpaceX.
More at:
- SpaceX close out 2018 with GPS III launch – NASASpaceFlight.com
- SpaceX launches Air Force’s first next-gen GPS III satellite – GeekWire
- SpaceX launches Air Force’s most powerful GPS satellite ever built – CBS News
** A Russian Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage successfully placed a military communications satellite into orbit on Friday: Military communications satellite launched by Russian Proton rocket – Spaceflight Now
The launch took place at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Uzbekistan.
** A Chinese Long March-11 solid fuel rocket also launched on Friday with the first Hongyun satellite intended for a constellation of satellites to provide broadband communications services.
The launch was from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
More at
- Long March 11 launches China’s first Hongyun low Earth orbit communications satellite | gbtimes.com
- Chinese Long March 11 launches with the first Hongyun satellite – NASASpaceFlight.com
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