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First Amazon Kuiper satellites blast off, Atlas V rocket’s heaviest ever payload  

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The Atlas V rocket with its heaviest ever payload onboard lifted off on April 28, 2025, at 19:01 EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To accommodate the huge payload, ULA flew its Atlas V rocket in its most powerful configuration with five solid rocket boosters needed in addition to its main one.

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EASA certifies modified Airbus A330neo with enhanced bonus features 

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The benefits for operators include significant extra takeoff-weight uplift capability which translates into up to six metric tons more revenue-generating payload and/or range-increasing fuel in some airports and around 2.6 metric tons on average over the airports most flown by widebody aircraft.

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Firefly Aerospace Alpha Rocket Fails During Launch

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In a statement , Firefly said the mission began with a nominal liftoff and reached 320 km altitude, however, a failure between stage separation and second stage ignition caused the loss of the engine nozzle extension, reducing thrust.

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Archer’s Midnight eVTOL aircraft completes first-ever transition flight: video

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In a statement on June 12, 2024, Archer said that Midnight is thought to be among one of the largest eVTOLs to complete transition, which it said is “critical to being able to carry commercially viable passenger payloads”. Only seven months ago Archer announced that Midnight had successfully completed its first flight.

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Boeing ships NASA second core rocket stage for historic mission to Moon

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The second core stage holds the rocket’s payload, upper stage and crew spacecraft. Additionally, it supports the thrust of the four RS-25 engines and the two five-segment solid rocket boosters attached to the engine and intermediate tank sections.

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Today in Aviation History: The Convair B-58 Hustler Enters Service

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Air Forces need for a supersonic strategic bomber, the Hustler was built for speedable to get in, deliver its payload, and exit quickly. Crewed by three, it was powered by four General Electric J79-GE-5A afterburning turbojets, each producing 15,000 pounds of thrust. Designed to meet the U.S. Capable of Mach 2.0

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Northrop YRB-49A Reconnaissance Aircraft

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It was powered by eight Allison J35-A-15 turbojet enginesupgraded to J35-A-19s in the YRB-49A varianteach producing 4,000 pounds of thrust. Its expected combat range was between 2,806 and 4,000 miles, depending on its payload configuration. The aircraft had a cruising speed of 365 mph and a top speed of 493 mph.

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