A Kuaizhou-1A rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China, January 5, 2024. /CMG A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket carrying four meteorological satellites blasted off at 7:20 p.m. Beijing Time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Friday. The...
SpaceX has updated the Starlink design since the Starlink launch in May. Its spectrum capacity has been increased for the end-user, maximizing the use of both Ka and Ku bands. Also, components of each satellite are 100 percent demisable and will quickly burn up in Earth's atmosphere at th...
Rocket Launch ULA, Vulcan Centaur: Sierra Space — Dream ChaserMay 2025 — SLC-41; Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida May 2025: United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch Sierra Space's Dream Chaser space plane aboard a Vulcan Centaur rocket. The mission will launch from Space Launch ...
launch tube, advanced sights that incorporate a sighting telescope and limited night vision capabilities (as an image intensifier, but only 75% normal range), and only one type of round: the first EFP (Explosively-Formed Projectile) light antitank weapon round. This round may be set for ...
The rocket was supposed to launch for the first time in May, but the company is now recertifying the structure of its Centaur upper stage before authorizing it to fly. Aside from that work, however, "development is essentially done," Bruno told reporters on Thursday's call. He also said ...
— SpaceX (@SpaceX)May 18, 2024 Just over eight minutes after launch, the booster touched down on a barge waiting in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast: Falcon 9 completes its first 21st launch and landing!pic.twitter.com/m77JbAdNKJ ...
May 7, 2024 0 The number of small satellites launched in the past few years has surged substantially owing to ther low cost, easier launch vehicle integration, and technological developments. Rocket Lab launches 45th Electron mission byStaff Reporter ...
The suspected debris may have come from China’s Long March 2C rocket, which launched on Saturday, June 22, carrying a joint mission by China and France to study Gamma-ray bursts. The launch was declared a success, but its aftermath was captured by videos posted to Chinese social media si...
The directions to the launching area need to be more specific such as adding there is a gas station across the street and you need to park in the park's lot then walk toward the boat launch area to the right to wait. There are no signs for t...
The maneuver made room for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, which will launch to the orbiting lab on May 6. Editor's note: This story was updated at 3 p.m. ET on May 2 with news of successful launch and rocket landing. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest ...