Archive for the 'Space' Category
SpaceX Competitor OneWeb Goes Bankrupt
March 28th, 2020Via: BBC: OneWeb, the high-profile London-based satellite start-up, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US. The firm, which has been building a network to deliver broadband across the globe, blamed the Covid-19 crisis for its inability to secure new investment. OneWeb issued a statement saying it was laying off most of its staff while […]
SpaceX Has Won a Big NASA Contract to Fly Cargo to the Moon
March 28th, 2020Via: Ars Technica: Last summer, NASA put out a call for companies who would be willing to deliver cargo to a proposed station in orbit around the Moon, called the Lunar Gateway. On Friday, NASA announced that the first award under this “Gateway Logistics” contract would go to SpaceX. The company has proposed using its […]
The U.S. Space Force’s New Mission? Protecting 5G
March 23rd, 2020Via: Popular Mechanics: Space-based internet traffic will fall under the nation’s newest armed service. Related: Tonight’s Successful Starlink Mission Makes SpaceX the World’s Largest Satellite Operator, Was First U.S. Space Force Launch FCC Approves SpaceX to Deploy up to 1 Million Small Antennas for Starlink Internet Network
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches 60 More Starlink Satellites
March 18th, 2020Via: CBS: Three days after a dramatic launch abort, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffered a premature engine shutdown during the climb to space Wednesday but was still able to place another batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into the planned orbit. The first stage, however, was unable to pull off what would have been […]
Did ISS Live-Feed Accidentally Capture “Top Secret” Hypersonic Vehicle Test?
March 5th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: Scott C. Waring, the founder of UFO Sightings Daily, claims he has come across a strange video recorded from the International Space Station’s (ISS) NASA Space Cam that shows the moment an unidentified flying object rockets into orbit.
SpaceX Aims to Launch 70 Missions a Year from Florida’s Space Coast by 2023
March 4th, 2020Via: Space.com: SpaceX is planning a huge boost to the number of rocket launches from its Florida launch sites in the next few years as the company builds its Starlink satellite megaconstellation while meeting flight demands from its customers, according to a federal environmental report. The missions for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets […]
United Launch Alliance Factory Tour
March 2nd, 2020Via: Smarter Every Day:
Starlink: The Air Force And SpaceX Are Teaming Up For A ‘Massive’ Live Fire Exercise
February 27th, 2020Remember the one about better broadband Internet options for rural customers? haha Via: The Drive: As space continues to play an increasingly important role for the United States armed forces, the Department of Defense has been also increasingly engaging with the private aerospace and communications sector to develop and implement solutions that better help it […]
SpaceX Rocket Production Facility Approved by Port of Los Angeles
February 26th, 2020Via: Reuters: SpaceX, the private rocket company of high tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, won final approval on Tuesday to build a research and manufacturing plant for its deep-space Starship project on a tract of vacant land at the Port of Los Angeles.
Pentagon Preps Nuclear Moon Rocket
February 25th, 2020Via: Daily Beast: The U.S. government is working on an atomic rocket to send satellites into the vast space between Earth and the moon—before Beijing gets there with its own spacecraft.
