While Elon Musk has stated that his primary loves are his sons – he does have other loves. Apart from various beautiful women – it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a billion dollars, must be in want of a wife (apologies to...
NASA has announced that it has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the SENTINEL-6A mission. Launch is currently targeted for November 2020. The launch will use a SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket...
SpaceNews reports that Israeli satellite operating firm Spacecom has decided to exercise its “free relaunch” that was owed to it by SpaceX after that company unintentionally destroyed its AMOS-6 spacecraft in a Falcon 9 fiery prelaunch accident in...
Much has been written so far about the mysterious launch, code-named ZUMA, that SpaceX has reportedly scheduled for November. This writer would like to put his two pennies’ worth in: the ZUMA flight might be a first “Hail Mary” attempt to land a reusable Falcon 9...
Less than three days after their previous mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, SpaceX have conducted another launch, this time from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The launch took place at 2253 GMT on 11 October, and utilised Launch Complex 39A pad....
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle successfully launched ten Iridium NEXT spacecraft, this is the third of eight contracted for the firm. The launch took place from the Vandenberg launch site in California at 1237 GMT on 9 October. Following its separation, the Falcon...
