A SpaceX-operated Falcon 9V1.2 FT-R launch vehicle lofted the FORMOSAT-5 remote sensing spacecraft into a 720 km sun-synchronous orbit on behalf of Taiwan’s National Space Organisation (NSPO) at 1851 GMT on 24 August 2017. Nearly 11 minutes after lift off, the...
Launch Pad 39A, at the Kennedy Space Centre, USA, played host to a SpaceX Falcon 9 medium-lift launch vehicle cargo mission to the ISS (International Space Station) at 1631 GMT, 14 August. The launch was twelfth SpaceX resupply mission to the ISS, and utilised their...
Commercial satellite operator SES has decided to employ reused Falcon 9 first-stage hardware in the launch of its SES-11 (ECHOSTAR 105) spacecraft. This follows successful flights with a similar reused first-stage for its own SES-10 geostationary...
While the beautiful Australian film actress Amber Heard has obvious attractions, they were apparently not enough for Space rocket man/Tesla electric car head Elon Musk. He has reportedly decided to split from the reportedly heartbroken Amber (according to The Mail on...
Elon Musk, billionaire founder of SpaceX (and Tesla cars), has apparently backtracked on a promise to provide a Dragon manned space vehicle capable of making propulsive vertical landings on Earth. Speaking at the International Space Station Research and Development...
A Falcon 9 rocket made a launch at 2338 GMT on 5 July from the SpaceX pad at the Kennedy Space Centre. On board was the INTELSAT 35e (Intelsat Epic 3) spacecraft which is designed to offer high throughput communications in North and South America and over the North...
