SpaceX has won the launch contract to put the Egyptian communications satellite Nilesat 301 into orbit. The launch will use a Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral in 2022. The 4,000 kg satellite is currently being built by Thales Alenia Space. The contract...
While doubts remain about the SpaceX Crew Dragon, especially after its total destruction during a ground test last year, SpaceX appeared to vindicate itself after making a full flight test of the system before it begins carrying astronauts to the International Space...
Two launches occurred on 7 January 2020, signalling the start of a new year of launches. The first launch was early in the day and lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, United States of America, at 0219 GMT. The second mission took place from the Xichang Satellite Launch...
Northrop Grumman made a big show of its mainly solid rocket-based OmegA, aimed at the military and government market, at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2019) in Washington DC in October. But it was not until 12 December that the company announced that...
SpaceX and Tesla Billionaire Elon Musk pulled off a surprising victory in a court case involving his alleged defamation of veteran British diving expert Vernon Unsworth after Musk called Unsworth as a “Pedo guy” on Twitter. This was during a spat in which...
Launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1729 GMT, 5 December 2019, a Falcon 9 rocket has carried the Dragon CRS-19 (CRS1-19) mission to the ISS. This mission was part of the Commercial ReSupply 1 (CRS1) contract between SpaceX and NASA. The Dragon capsule was...
