While the reused first stage Falcon 9v1.2 FT-RR (Block 3) launch of Bulgariasat 1 from Florida grabbed the headlines, two days later, on the other side of America, it was business as usual for SpaceX and its Falcon 9V1.2 FT-R (Block 3) rocket. It launched ten...
Having previously flown on Atlas V launch vehicles, the next mission (mission 5) of the X-37B/OTV unmanned mini-space shuttle for the US Air Force will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9. The US Air Force confirmed this assignment which is thought to have been actually...
Launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center celebrated its 100th launch on 3 June when a SpaceX Falcon 9v1.2FT-R took off carrying the CRS-11 resupply mission to the ISS (International Space Station). The launch had been delayed by two days due to thunderstorms in the...
SpaceX’s launch “cadence” (flight rate) was accelerated again with the sixth Falcon 9 launch made this year. The flight carried Inmarsat 5F-4 spacecraft, the fourth bird in the Global Express service fleet. The launch took place from the SpaceX pad...
While the mystery about the function of US National Reconnaissance satellite, NRO-76 still exists – its highly elliptical “Molniya” type orbit is ideal for communications over northern latitudes or for ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) purposes –...
During a set piece telephone conversation between White House Oval office and the the International Space Station in April, US President Trump told the astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer on board that he wanted a manned landing on Mars to take place during his...
