Tag: 45th Space Wing
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Florida launch range remains open; Falcon 9 mission postponed
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated April 15 with new launch date. File photo of a Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX Range personnel at Cape Canaveral will employ physical distancing, face covers and other cautionary measures to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus during launch operations, the commander of the U.S. military’s 45th Space Wing…
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COVID-19 grips world space organizations
As world leaders grapple and struggle to control the coronavirus pandemic which leads to the COVID-19 disease, the world’s space organizations are also adopting various policies to help combat the spread of the illness and protect their workforces. While business remains largely “as usual” in the United States arena, Russian authorities are taking added measures…
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Military officials committed to keeping Cape Canaveral open for launches
Military officials say launches will continue at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, but public viewing sites will be closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky The military-run Eastern Range at Cape Canaveral remains ready to support upcoming launches — including an Atlas 5 flight Thursday — amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials said…
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Florida launch base to be renamed Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Two reusable rocket boosters land at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after the successful launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket with the Arabsat 6A satellite April 12, 2019. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by James Rainier The military-run spaceport at Cape Canaveral will soon be renamed Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to reflect the facility’s…
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SpaceX’s brisk Starlink launch cadence to continue next week
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Jan. 17 with new launch date of Jan. 21. Updated Jan. 18 with Crew Dragon abort test delay to Jan. 19. File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket inside the company’s hangar at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett SpaceX plans to launch its next group of Starlink broadband…
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Air Force’s Cape Canaveral commander excited for two launches in less than 36 hours
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket taking off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Credit: SpaceX U.S. Air Force officials signed off Monday on a plan for SpaceX and United Launch Alliance, rivals in the launch services market, to fire off Falcon 9 and Atlas 5 rockets from neighboring launch pads…
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Two launches on tap from Florida’s Space Coast this week
A test-firing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday evening kicked up a cloud of exhaust at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. SpaceX conducted another test-firing Saturday night after replacing a valve. Credit: Spaceflight Now SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral on Saturday evening, clearing the way for a delayed liftoff…
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Relativity Space obtains Air Force approval for Cape Canaveral launch pad
Launch startup Relativity Space has won approval from the U.S. Air Force to take over a disused launch pad at Cape Canaveral for the company’s methane-fueled Terran 1 rocket, a 3D-printed launcher that could carry small satellites into orbit by the end of 2020. Relativity announced Jan. 17 the Air Force approved the company’s plan…
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Towers at historic Florida launch pad toppled
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7:50 a.m. EDT (1250 GMT) after demolition. Launch towers at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 17 launch pad were topped Thursday in an explosive demolition. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now The U.S. Air Force on Thursday demolished towers once used to assemble Delta 2 rockets at Cape Canaveral for missions to Mars, four dozen…
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End to government shutdown should limit impact on space operations
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 9:15 p.m. EST on Jan. 22 (0215 GMT on Jan. 23) with end to government shutdown. File photo of one of the International Space Station’s solar array wings. Credit: NASA NASA and the U.S. Air Force are expected to return to normal operations Tuesday after lawmakers passed a budget bill Monday…