Given that Vandenberg, California, is the main launch site for US missions to polar and near polar Sun-synchronous orbit launches, it was a surprise that SpaceX elected to use Cape Canaveral to launch Argentina’s second three metric ton radar satellite,...
The American rocket company pioneering rocket re-usability, SpaceX, is expected to secure over US$2 billion in equity following a capital raise set to end in August. This is the second round of financing this year for the company and follows an increased round that...
At 1431 GMT on 18 August 2020 SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 carrying 58 Starlink satellite internet units along with three Skysat Earth Observation (EO) small sats into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This marks the eleventh...
Every August, Seradata does an analysis of which nation is leading the “human” space race – or rather races – to return humans to the Moon and put them on the surface of Mars. This year progress has become clearer and the USA is very much the leading contender in both...
On behalf of the US Department of Defense, the US Air Force has awarded launch contracts as part of the National Security Space Launch (Phase 2) programme to two launch providers: the United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX. These are set to take place between 2020...
SpaceX have completed their tenth Starlink launch. It took off from Cape Canaveral at 0512 GMT on 7 August carrying 57 Starlink low Earth orbit communications satellites and two BlackSky Global Earth observation spacecraft units (-7 /-8). The first-stage used three of...
