SpaceX launched a record workout by launching a 26-year-old Falcon 9 rocket from Saturday, the second in less than a week, in which a satellite of the classified National Reconnaissance Office fee was put into orbit. The NROL-108 payload added a surprising delay to SpaceX’s launch manifesto. The builder and …
Read More »SpaceX launches NASA-European satellite to monitor rising sea levels
The first two satellites in a multi-billion-dollar NASA-European project to accurately measure rising sea levels, a major result of global warming, orbited the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California on Saturday. By the time it takes for a cloud-infiltrating radar beam to bounce off the ocean 830 miles below, the …
Read More »NASA Halloween Targets for SpaceX Crew Dragon Astronaut Launch
NASA now plans to launch four astronauts for the International Space Station at that distance SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft On October 31, the Halloween flight, which will mark the first operational use of the capsule following a successful pilot test flight earlier this summer. The space agency initially targeted October …
Read More »SpaceX will attempt the historic historic back-to-back Falcon 9 flights
SpaceX is preparing for a two-to-two launch just nine hours apart on Sunday, the shortest period between Florida’s orbit-class flights since 1966. The launch is a dramatic bid to put 60 more Starlink Internet relay stations into orbit. Remote Sensing Satellite of Argentina. The planned launch follows Last-Second “Hot-Fire Absolute” …
Read More »SpaceX will attempt the historic historic back-to-back Falcon 9 flights
SpaceX is preparing for a two-to-two launch just nine hours apart on Sunday, the shortest period between Florida’s orbit-class flights since 1966. The launch is a dramatic bid to put 60 more Starlink Internet relay stations into orbit. Remote Sensing Satellite of Argentina. The planned launch follows Last-Second “Hot-Fire Absolute” …
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