Rocket Report: SpaceX doubles up, European resistance, condensed Kármán

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Welcome to Edition 1.10 of the Rocket Report! This week, we have lots of action from the European Space Agency's launch site in South America, multiple launches by SpaceX as it goes for two dozen flights this year, and updates on all of the big new rockets that may launch in 2020. Or, maybe not.

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A southern island in the Azores may make for a good spaceport. According to a new study commissioned by the European Space Agency, the mid-Atlantic island of Santa Maria, in the Azores, is suitable for the development of a spaceport for small rocket launchers, the local newspaper Piblico reported. Santa Maria already hosts an ESA ground tracking station for launches from Kourou, in French Guiana.

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