Tag: commercial-space
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Radar imagery released from Capella’s Sequoia satellite
This image of Palm Jumeirah in Dubai was captured by Capella’s Sequoia radar satellite. Credit: Capella Space Capella Space has released the first images from its Sequoia radar remote sensing spacecraft, a commercial imaging platform that launched in August as the first of a constellation that could number 36 radar observation satellites. The roughly 220-pound…
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Photos: Antares blasts off from Virginia
A Northrop Grumman Antares launched from Virginia’s Eastern Shore with a commercial Cygnus supply ship Oct. 2 on a two-and-a-half day journey to the International Space Station. The 139-foot-tall (42.5-meter) Antares rocket fired off pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at 9:16:14 p.m. EDT on Oct. 2 (0116:14 GMT on Oct. 3). It was…
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Commander of first piloted Starliner test flight steps down from mission
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore, left, and Chris Ferguson, director of Mission Integration and Operations at Boeing, train for the first flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, which will carry astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Credit: NASA Christopher Ferguson, commander…
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SpaceX breaks cycle of scrubs with successful Falcon 9 launch
A Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from pad 39A Tuesday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX Sixty more SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites rocketed into orbit Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Center, breaking a streak canceled launch attempts at the Florida spaceport in recent weeks and nudging the Starlink network closer to reaching…
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NRO reveals plans for previously-undisclosed SpaceX launch this month
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Credit: SpaceX The National Reconnaissance Office has confirmed it will launch a payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral later this month, a mission on SpaceX’s schedule that was not publicly disclosed until recently. A…
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Cygnus supply ship reaches space station with titanium toilet
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship is grappled by the Canadian-built robotic arm at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station on Monday, delivering nearly four tons of supplies and experiments to the research lab and its crew, including a $23…
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SpaceX aborts liftoff of GPS satellite, continuing streak of launch scrubs
A Falcon 9 rocket aborted its launch just 2 seconds prior to liftoff Friday night. Credit: SpaceX For the fourth time this week, a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral was stopped with seconds remaining in the countdown Friday night, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket automatically aborted its liftoff with a new GPS navigation satellite…
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Antares rocket takes aim on space station with zero-gravity toilet, other supplies
An Antares rocket bolts off its launch pad Friday night at Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now A Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship rocketed into orbit from Virginia Friday night on an Antares launcher, taking aim on the International Space Station with an advanced $23 million zero-gravity titanium toilet and several tons…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with the GPS 3 SV04 navigation satellite
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Nov. 5 for new launch attempt. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Nov. 5 carrying the U.S. Air Force’s next GPS 3-series navigation satellite destined for an orbit more than 12,000 miles above Earth. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 40 at Cape…
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Live coverage: SpaceX aborts launch of GPS satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with the U.S. Air Force’s GPS 3 SV04 navigation satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX Mission Audio”] [tabbyending] SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior…