SATELLITE 2020: Musk wants to keep Starlink constellation and make it work…then notes quick relaunch ability of Starship launcher

SATELLITE 2020: Musk wants to keep Starlink constellation and make it work…then notes quick relaunch ability of Starship launcher

by | Mar 10, 2020 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology

The much proclaimed Monday keynote at SATELLITE 2020, featured SpaceX founder Elon Musk. He spoke about the future of his projects at SpaceX, namely the Starlink constellation, and the in-development Starship, super-heavy, manned, launch vehicle. When speaking about...
Final Soyuz-FG rocket lifts Soyuz MS-15 mission to the ISS carrying the first Emirati astronaut into orbit

Final Soyuz-FG rocket lifts Soyuz MS-15 mission to the ISS carrying the first Emirati astronaut into orbit

by | Sep 25, 2019 | History, International Space Station, Launches, NASA, Personal spaceflight, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, space station

At 1357 GMT on 25 September, a Soyuz-FG rocket lifted off from Launch Site No. 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, carrying the Soyuz MS-15 crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS). This launch marked the end of some eras – and the beginning of...
Virgin Galactic claimed to have achieved”spaceflight” with SpaceShipTwo – but we will stick with the Karman line thank you

Virgin Galactic claimed to have achieved”spaceflight” with SpaceShipTwo – but we will stick with the Karman line thank you

by | Dec 14, 2018 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Seradata News, Virgin Galactic, White Knight

The US Air Force has traditionally awarded its pilots “astronaut wings” if they have exceeded 50 miles (80km) in altitude. Others who support this limit of where “space begins” include astrophysicist and spaceflight expert Dr Jonathan McDowell. He has eloquently...