by Matt Wilson | Dec 6, 2019 | International Space Station, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
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...
by David Todd | Nov 21, 2019 | Seradata News, SpaceX, Suborbital, Technology
Officially it is not a blow to SpaceX, given that its Starship Mk.1 suborbital hopping test rocket was not going to fly again, but the tank failure on the spacecraft/upper stage during a deliberate over-pressurisation test on on 20 November still made a spectacular...
by Matt Wilson | Nov 12, 2019 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Lifting-off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has lifted-off for the fourth time. This mission took place at 1456 GMT, on 11 November 2019, launching the second batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit. Following on from the...
by David Todd | Oct 18, 2019 | Seradata News, SpaceX
SpaceX has made a filing with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) – the body that coordinates frequency allocations to avoid interference – noting that it is to add 30,000 extra spacecraft to the 12,000 already planned for its Starlink constellation. The...
by David Todd | Sep 10, 2019 | Launches, Satellites, SpaceX
SpaceX has received a two-launch launch order from SES to launch the first seven of the SES O3b mPower series of satellites. The satellites will be launched with four of the Boeing-built 1,200kg satellites on one launch and three on another. The order of this flights...
