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Hamas launches rocket barrage into Israel
The armed wing of Hamas says it fired a barrage of missiles at Tel Aviv on Saturday. A statement issued by the Qassam Brigades says it was in response to Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip. Israeli police said surveys were being carried out to locate the rockets, and that no casualties had been reported. Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher joins us live from the…
SpaceX loses contact with Starship rocket eight minutes after second launch – BBC News
SpaceX launched its massive Starship rocket in Texas, US, but lost contact after eight minutes of flight. The top part of the rocket – the most powerful ever developed – successfully separated from the booster which then blew up. Contact was then lost with the main rocket. Elon Musk’s company still hailed it as a success and the rocket flew further than the failed first…
Israel: Palestinian forces launch surprise rocket attack from Gaza – BBC News
Dozens of gunmen from the Islamist militant group Hamas appear to have infiltrated southern Israel in a surprise rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of people are being treated in Israeli hospitals, with at least one Israeli woman confirmed to have been killed in the attack. Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu said “we are at war”, adding that the enemy will “pay a price he…
India moon mission rocket blasts into space – BBC News
India has launched its third Moon mission and is hoping to become to the first to land near its south pole – which has rarely been explored. If successful, the Chandrayaan-3’s orbiter, lander and a rover are due to touch down on the Moon’s surface on 23 or 24 August. The rocket set off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre space centre just after 09:05 GMT…
Rocket launches first Chinese civilian into space – BBC News
China has sent three astronauts to its Tiangong Space Station, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time. The Shenzhou-16 mission took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on Tuesday morning in the Gobi desert in the country’s northwest. Please subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #China #Space #BBCNews
Look out Starlink: China is supersizing its rocket industry
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more on this: https://sc.mp/s3xd China is building an unprecedented rocket assembly plant on the country’s tropical island of Hainan. Once completed in 2024, the mega factory would be capable of producing 50 Long March 8 rockets every year, which is nearly double China’s current annual launch capacity. With nearly 13,000 satellites planned to launch, China…