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Watch SpaceX break a reusability record this morning
Photo: SpaceX At 10:05am ET, SpaceX is launching another batch of 60 Starlink satellites to add on to their growing Internet constellation in Low Earth Orbit. The Falcon 9 is launching from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. After this launch there will be a total of 240 V1 Starlink satellites in orbit, 300 satellites total including the very first launch of V0.9 satellites. This is the 4th reuse of this booster and they're planning on landing o
A successful launch of Solar Orbiter for ESA and NASA
Photo: Kevin Quick Solar orbiter has launched from Cape Canaveral atop a ULA Atlas V rocket. The joint venture between NASA and the European Space Agency has been in the works for 10 years. The satellite will spend the next 2 years moving into position to orbit the sun to send back scientific data to help scientists on Earth understand and predict the volatile space weather caused by our Sun. Solar Orbiter will join its brother, the Parker Solar probe. The satire will maintain a Sun Synchrono
A successful launch of Solar Orbiter for ESA and NASA
Photo: Kevin Quick Solar orbiter has launched from Cape Canaveral atop a ULA Atlas V rocket. The joint venture between NASA and the European Space Agency has been in the works for 10 years. The satellite will spend the next 2 years moving into position to orbit the sun to send back scientific data to help scientists on Earth understand and predict the volatile space weather caused by our Sun. Solar Orbiter will join its brother, the Parker Solar probe. The satire will maintain a Sun Synchrono
NASA's Solar Orbiter is launching tonight on a rare Atlas V configuration
At 11:03pm ET, United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket will be launching from SLC-41 (Space Launch Complex 41) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This Atlas V is in the "411" configuration, meaning it is sporting 1 strap-on Solid Rocket Motor, 1 Centaur engine on the second stage, and a 4m fairing encapsulating the payload. The payload on this mission is the Solar Orbiter spacecraft that will observe the sun with high-resolution telescopes and provide the first ever images of
NASA's Solar Orbiter is launching tonight on a rare Atlas V configuration
At 11:03pm ET, United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket will be launching from SLC-41 (Space Launch Complex 41) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This Atlas V is in the "411" configuration, meaning it is sporting 1 strap-on Solid Rocket Motor, 1 Centaur engine on the second stage, and a 4m fairing encapsulating the payload. The payload on this mission is the Solar Orbiter spacecraft that will observe the sun with high-resolution telescopes and provide the first ever images of
Watch Antares launch from Wallops Island, VA in just a few hours
At 5:39pm ET, Northrup Grumman's Antares rocket is launching from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. Weather is currently 95% go and the launch is on track for an on-time liftoff from Pad 0A. The Cygnus spacecraft on this mission is carrying approximately 8,000lbs of supplies, research, and hardware to the International Space Station including a Mobile Space Lab to perform biology experiments without the need for crew operations for as long as a month. Other
Watch Antares launch from Wallops Island, VA in just a few hours
At 5:39pm ET, Northrup Grumman's Antares rocket is launching from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. Weather is currently 95% go and the launch is on track for an on-time liftoff from Pad 0A. The Cygnus spacecraft on this mission is carrying approximately 8,000lbs of supplies, research, and hardware to the International Space Station including a Mobile Space Lab to perform biology experiments without the need for crew operations for as long as a month. Other
NASA Launch Services Program Awards $80.4Mil contract to Space X
- On February 4th, 2020, NASA publicly announced that Private Aerospace company, Space X, is their selection of launch provider for an upcoming Launch Services Program mission, dubbed, PACE. PACE, which stands for Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, & ocean Ecosystem, is being conducted by teams at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The mission was conceived with the objective of designing a new Earth Observation Satellite, built to further evaluate the health of earth's oceans and collect data on its a