The rocket, carrying Canada's RADARSAT Constellation that includes three Earth observation satellites, blasted off at 7:17 a.m. Pacific Time (1417 GMT) from Space Launch Complex-4E at the air force base. SpaceX confirmed main engine cutoff and stage separation of the rocket about two minutes ...
SpaceX’s plans to launch more rockets from the California coast were rejected by a state commission this week, with some officials citing Elon Musk’s political posts on X and raising concerns about the billionaire’s labor record at his companies. The plan to increase the number of rocket ...
The article discusses the outlook for private space vehicles, in light of the International Space Development Conference in Los Angeles, California. A "suborbital vehicle" requires a rocket launch and possibly a hybrid of solid/liquid fuel. Burt Rutan designed SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, whose ...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched a new missile-warning satellite Friday night from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. After a one-day delay, the Atlas V rocket lifted off at 7:48 p.m. EST (0048 GMT Saturday) from Space...
Lockheed Martin selected Los Angeles-based rocket-builder ABL Space to launch a mission from Scotland in two years.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. private spaceflight company Spaced on Friday launched 10 communications satellites into orbit. A used two-stage Falcon 9 booster lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLY-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at about 5:27 p.m. local ...
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- SpaceX called off an attempted launch of its Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday morning due to strong high-altitude winds and is slated to launch its first Starlink broadband satellites on Thursday. The Falcon 9 rocket was scheduled to lift off at 6:17 a.m. loc...
he sold his internet video business Livestream to Vimeo. Launcher plans to spend a decade building a six-story-tall rocket that will send small spacecraft to orbit. Launcher's rocket is priced to that smaller market as well, with plans to sell missions for about $10 million a...
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- SpaceX completed its fifth test flight of its giant Starship rocket on Sunday, achieving the return of its booster back on the launch pad. SpaceX launched Starship at about 8:25 a.m. Central Time (1325 GMT) from its Starbase facility near Brownsville,...
NEXT: See a launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base Vandenberg Air Force Base NASA/Randy Beaudoin Vandenberg Air Force Base, in central California northwest of Los Angeles, is a 99,600-acre facility that launches rockets from both its North and South Base. The location allows the base to both...