A SpaceX Falcon 9v1.2 Block 5 launch vehicle carried 60 Starlink satellites for SpaceX’s low Earth orbit constellation into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1930 GMT on 22 April. This brings the total number of Starlink satellites in orbit to 422. The satellites...
NASA has formally announced, as expected, that a crew of two astronauts, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, will fly on a SpaceX operated Crew Dragon spacecraft launched by a Falcon 9 rocket on 27 May. In effect, this means that the USA is back in the human orbital launch...
The SpaceX Dragon CRS-20 reusable cargo spacecraft which was being operated on a cargo delivery and recovery mission as the final one of the original Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract for NASA, was unberthed from the International Space Station (ISS) Harmony...
SpaceX is looking ahead of the Coronavirus outbreak as it lands yet another launch contract. The global communications satellite operator Intelsat has chosen to launch its Maxar (SSL)-built Intelsat-40e communications satellite via a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The...
SpaceX suffered an unusual occurrence on 15 March. At 1322 GMT, with one second to go before the Falcon 9 launch of another 60 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the rocket shut down its nine first-stage engines. This happened after on-board detection...
The reduced-scope Tuesday opening session at SATELLITE 2020, saw the Presidents / CEOs of SES and EchoStar – Hughes speak alongside the Deputy CEO of Eutelsat. The session revealed some of the worries satellite operators may have about ordering a launch from...
