Tag: commercial-space
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Space Adventures announces plans to fly private citizens on SpaceX crew capsule
A look inside the cabin of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX Building on development for NASA’s commercial crew program, Space Adventures announced an agreement Tuesday with SpaceX to fly up to four paying space tourists on a standalone mission aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft in late 2021 or 2022 that could reach an…
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Ariane 5 deploys communications and environmental monitoring satellites
An Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from French Guiana at 2218 GMT (5:18 p.m. EST; 7:18 p.m. local time) Tuesday with the JCSAT 17 and GEO-Kompsat 2B satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron A Japanese-owned communications satellite built in Colorado and a South Korean environmental monitoring observatory shared an…
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Live coverage: Japanese and South Korean satellites launch on Ariane 5 rocket
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the JCSAT 17 communications satellite and the GEO-Kompsat 2B environmental monitoring satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video webcast will begin approximately 15 minutes before launch and will be…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch SpaceX’s fifth batch of Starlink broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
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SpaceX delivers more Starlink satellites to orbit, booster misses drone ship landing
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10:05:55 a.m. EST (1505:55 GMT) Monday with 60 more SpaceX Starlink satellites. Credit: SpaceX Sixty more satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network launched Monday on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, bringing the total number of Starlink platforms deployed in orbit since last May to 300. More…
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NASA picks Rocket Lab to launch lunar CubeSat mission
File photo of a Rocket Lab Electron booster lifting off from New Zealand. Credit: Rocket Lab / Sam Toms and Simon Moffatt NASA announced Friday that Rocket Lab will launch a 55-pound (25-kilogram) CubeSat from Wallops Island, Virginia, toward the moon in early 2021 on a demonstration mission to test lunar navigation techniques and scout…
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SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 rocket; Starlink launch delayed to Monday
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Feb. 15 with launch delay until Monday. SpaceX test-fired its next Falcon 9 rocket Friday ahead of a planned launch Monday from Cape Canaveral with 60 more Starlink Internet satellites, days after an international group sounded another warning about the effects of large satellite fleets on astronomy. The hold-down firing Friday at Cape…
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon delivered to Cape Canaveral for first flight with astronauts
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Feb. 15 after NASA modified original statement to remove words saying SpaceX will be the first commercial crew provider to fly astronauts. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft that will deliver astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station has arrived at Cape Canaveral for launch preparations. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s next Crew…
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Japanese companies agree to buy Spaceflight rideshare launch broker
Artist’s concept of a “Sherpa” multi-satellite adapter structure in orbit. Credit: Spaceflight Spaceflight Industries said this week it is selling its rideshare launch business — known as Spaceflight — to a joint venture owned by two Japanese companies. The launch broker arranges rides to space for CubeSats and other small satellite, aggregating multiple payloads for…
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Starliner’s software shortcomings spark NASA safety review of Boeing’s practices
Boeing, NASA, and U.S. Army personnel put a protective cover over Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft shortly after its Dec. 22 landing at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls) An interim assessment of what went wrong during December’s first uncrewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi has turned up…