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SpaceX has put on a double St. Patrick’s Day celebration by launching two orbital missions in one day on Friday (March 17). The show began at 3:26 p.m. ET (21:26 Kyiv time) when SpaceX launched 52 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit from the U.S. Space Force’s Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Broadcast of the […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to install new equipment on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft. This decision was made after analyzing the results of the Artemis I mission. What is known
James Webb has pulled off a spectacular trick. The space telescope took a photo in which the same galaxy is depicted three times in different places. What is known At first glance, it may seem that James Webb has done something magical, but this happens. This happens when light from an object travels along several […]
A Chinese satellite launched in 2018 is checking on other countries’ spacecraft high above the Earth in geostationary orbit. The Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing-3 (TJS-3), vaguely described as an experimental communications satellite, has made close encounters with U.S. satellites in recent months. The Orbital Focus Twitter account notes that the TJS-3 satellite was drifting along […]
The head of the SpaceX company once again reminded about the planned debut launch of the Starship spacecraft. The first commercial application is expected in 2025. What is known Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that the first test launch of Starship will take place in March 2023, if all tests are successful. If the schedule […]
The American aerospace company SpaceX sent another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit. For Falcon 9 rockets, the launch was the 200th successful launch. Falcon 9 launched its 200th successful mission, and delivered another 53 SpaceX Starlink satellites to orbit this morning pic.twitter.com/HlXSzVRPip — SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 2, 2023 The rocket launched from the site […]
A mysterious “burst” of light temporarily shone in the night sky above Hawaii’s Mauna Kea. Experts believe that this is related to the launch of SpaceX. A stunningly neat “vortex” of light, reminiscent of a spiral galaxy, was observed by residents of Hawaii in the sky last week. According to some data, the unique optical […]
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) set a new record on September 26. It launched the Falcon 9 rocket with the heaviest payload in history. Currently, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is the only medium-lift rocket capable of landing and being reused. It has become a real workhorse for the company for various missions, such as Starlink satellite […]
Some stars say goodbye to life by burning up and exploding as supernovae, while others inflate and eject material before contracting and cooling. However, there are also those who face a more tragic fate – they are torn apart and devoured by a hungry black hole. Such an event happens only a few times every […]
The American space agency (NASA) has approved the development of ultra-compact radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RITEG) by the Rochester Institute of Technology. It is assumed that they will be used in cubesats and other next-generation technology, the application of which will be found in deep space – where there is too little light for solar power […]