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On January 5, United Launch Alliance (ULA) delivered its Vulcan Centaur rocket to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, reports Space.com. The rocket is scheduled to launch on January 8 and will carry the first private lunar lander into space. Takeoff is scheduled for 2:18 a.m. Monday morning local […]
On January 4, 2024, SpaceX launched a Swedish broadband satellite into orbit as part of its second mission in 2024, Space.com reports. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Ovzon 3 satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida at 01:04 Kyiv time. The first stage of the Falcon 9 returned to Earth, landing at […]
SpaceX has launched a new project to create a Starlink satellite network for T-Mobile, which will provide direct communication with mobile phones (Direct to Cell) without any additional terminals. This will allow subscribers to use ordinary mobile phones to make calls, text messages and surf the web even in places where there is usually no […]
L3Harris has announced the completion of the CDR project and PRR production readiness verification for 16 real-time hypersonic missile tracking satellites for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s (SDA) tracking program. The completion of the CDR indicates that the L3Harris project meets mission requirements, and the PRR means that the SDA has approved the start of […]
The ATHENA miniature engine, developed by a team led by Daniel Perez Grande of IENAI Spain, is ready for production. A distinctive feature of the ATHENA engine is its adaptability and its basis in nanotechnology with electrospraying. Each motor is equipped with seven emitter arrays containing 500 point emitters on silicon wafers. Electrically charged particles […]
SpaceX has launched the first Starlink satellites with direct connection to smartphones. In the future, this will facilitate the development of global connectivity and help eliminate dead zones where there is currently no connection. The six @Starlink satellites on this mission with Direct to Cell capability will further global connectivity and help to eliminate dead […]
Astronomers have discovered the unprecedented behavior of a mysterious repetitive fast radio burst. The study of this phenomenon opens up the understanding of complex cosmic phenomena that have puzzled scientists for many years. Fast radio bursts are phenomena that last for milliseconds and are characterized by bursts of extremely bright radio radiation. They usually come […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has broken its previous annual record for the number of orbital rocket launches, with 96 successful missions in 2023, with an incredible average launch frequency of every four days. This year, SpaceX has made 91 launches using the Falcon 9 rocket and five more using the Falcon Heavy, surpassing its previous annual […]
Dr. Zhao Hongjie, Executive Vice President of Nationstar Aerospace, speaking on Chinese TV, said that China has implemented laser communication at a speed of 10 Gbps in outer space. “For example, we need less than 1 second to complete the transfer of a 1 GB movie from Earth to the Chinese space station,” said Zhao […]
At the end of 2023, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a “time-lapse” of a Martian day for 12 hours from one position, capturing its own shadow on the landscape. According to NASA, Curiosity was instructed to record the 12-hour sequence a few days before the start of the solar conjunction on Mars, a natural phenomenon that […]