by David Todd | Mar 18, 2020 | Launches, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News, SpaceX
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... 
by David Todd | Mar 16, 2020 | Launches, SpaceX
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... 
by David Todd | Mar 9, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, SpaceX
The Dragon CRS-20 cargo spacecraft was successfully launched into orbit on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in a night launch from Cape Canaveral at 0450 GMT on 7 March 2020. The night time launch (1150 pm on 6 March local time)... 
by Philip Hylands | Feb 18, 2020 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink communications satellites at 1505 GMT on 17 February from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA. The attempt to land the core stage on the landing barge “Of Course I Still Love You” failed... by Matt Wilson | Feb 5, 2020 | Launches, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
SpaceX has been given the contract to launch the upcoming PACE mission on a Falcon 9 vehicle. PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) is a NASA Earth Sciences mission to study phytoplankton as well as clouds and aerosols in the oceans. The mission is planned...
