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SpaceX has made two attempts to launch the Starship spacecraft into orbit. As part of the third test, the aerospace company and NASA plan to test the refueling technology in orbit. NASA wants to test the viability of the concept of orbital refueling of the spacecraft. At the same time, the agency has not yet […]
SpaceX successfully launched a new batch of its Starlink Internet satellites into orbit on December 7, Space reports. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida at 07:07 Kyiv time, the 90th SpaceX orbital mission of 2023. The rocket’s first stage returned to Earth about 8.5 minutes after […]
SpaceX has made two attempts to launch the Starship spacecraft into orbit. As part of the third test, the aerospace company and NASA plan to test the refueling technology in orbit. NASA wants to test the viability of the concept of orbital refueling of the spacecraft. At the same time, the agency has not yet […]
NASA’s interplanetary station Psyche has transmitted the first images from its cameras to Earth. Calibration and testing showed that the multispectral cameras (the spacecraft has two identical ones) are working within normal limits and are ready to perform the mission. Checking other systems also raised no questions. The device will begin its scientific work in […]
China launched a remote sensing satellite for Egypt on December 3 as part of deepening space cooperation between the two countries, Space reports. The Long March 2C rocket was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 06:10 Kyiv time. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation confirmed the success of the launch within an […]
NASA’s Chandra Space X-ray Observatory has detected a cluster of pulsars, or “spiders,” that are swallowing up their satellite stars in the Omega Centauri globular cluster, Space.com reports. The observations should help scientists better understand how rapidly rotating neutron stars, called “spiders,” consume their neighbors, destroying the surrounding stars with intense radiation. The five spider […]
LandSpace Technology, one of China’s private space companies based in Beijing, is preparing to launch a satellite into orbit as part of a key commercial test of its methane and liquid oxygen rocket. This was reported by Reuters. Investors and rocket developers have said that methane can help reduce costs and provide more environmentally friendly […]
The European Space Agency has evaluated the full cycle of the fire test of the first stage of the Ariane 6 rocket. The agency decided to conduct the first flight test next year. At the end of last month, Arianespace tested the first stage engine. It operated for 426 seconds, after which it was automatically […]
After two successful Falcon 9 rocket launches from California and Florida, SpaceX ended the first weekend of December with a static test of the Falcon Heavy rocket. The ignition of 27 Merlin engines took place a week before the scheduled national security launch, which had been planned for half a dozen years. The U.S. Space […]
Amazon eventually signed a deal for three Falcon 9 launches from SpaceX to deploy its ambitious Kuiper project, which involves building a massive satellite internet network. This deal came as a surprise, as Amazon had not previously considered SpaceX as a potential partner for the first launch contracts, which caused shareholders to be dissatisfied and […]