Tag: Israel
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A rush of rockets: SpaceX Falcon 9 puts Israel’s Amos-17 telecom satellite in orbit
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from its Florida launch pad. (SpaceX via YouTube) SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched a Boeing-built, Israeli telecommunications satellite called Amos-17 into geosynchronous transfer orbit today, adding to what’s shaping up as a largesse of liftoffs. The launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida came at 7:23 p.m.…
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Photos: Amos 17 satellite encapsulated for launch
The Amos 17 satellite during encapsulation inside the Falcon 9 payload fairing. Credit: Spacecom Ltd. / SpaceX These photos show the enclosure of the Boeing-built Amos 17 commercial communications satellite, owned by the Tel Aviv-based operator Spacecom Ltd., ahead of liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. Ground crews from SpaceX and…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 launches with the Amos 17 communications satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with the Amos 17 communications satellite for Spacecom Ltd. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior to launch, and will be available on this page.
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Live coverage: SpaceX conducts second static fire test ahead of Amos 17 launch
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 the Amos 17 commercial communications satellite for Spacecom Ltd. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket fires its engines Wednesday at pad…
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Firefly to build U.S. version of Israeli Beresheet lunar lander
Artist’s illustration of the Genesis lunar lander. Credit: Firefly Aerospace Firefly Aerospace, a Texas-based company which is already developing a small satellite launcher, has signed an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries to build lunar landers in the United States and carry NASA science instruments to the moon, officials announced Tuesday. The agreement will permit Firefly…
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NASA’s lunar orbiter spots the smoking hole left behind by Israel’s moon lander
A processed image from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, taken on April 22, highlights the dark smudge and bright impact halo left behind by the Beresheet lunar lander’s impact (NASA / GSFC / ASU Photo) The Israeli-built Beresheet moon lander made history when it went into lunar orbit and descended to the surface — and although…
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Errant command doomed Israeli moon lander, officials vow to try again
A camera aboard the Israeli Beresheet lunar lander captured this picture of the moon from an altitude of 15 kilometers, or about 49,000 feet. Credit: SpaceIL A command uplinked by mission control to resolve an error in the guidance system on the Israeli Beresheet moon lander inadvertently triggered a chain reaction that led to the…
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Beresheet bummer: Investigation of Israeli lunar lander’s crash points to human factor
Team SpaceIL says this was the last picture taken by the Beresheet lunar lander, at a distance of 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the lunar surface. (SpaceIL Photo) A manually entered command apparently set off a chain reaction of events that led to last week’s crash of an Israeli-built lunar lander during its attempt to…
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Israel’s Beresheet lander crashes on moon, ending privately funded space odyssey
A picture sent back to Earth from the Beresheet lander during its descent shows the moon’s cratered surface 22 kilometers (13.6 miles) below. In the foreground, a sign emblazoned with the Israeli flag is mounted to the spacecraft itself. (SpaceIL Photo / Twitter) An Israeli-built lander crashed onto the moon today during its final descent,…
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Israeli probe crashes in attempt to become first privately-funded moon lander
This image was taken by Beresheet at an altitude of 13.7 miles (22 kilometers) above the moon and relayed to mission controllers through NASA’s Deep Space Network. Credit: SpaceIL An Israeli-built spacecraft seeking to become the first privately-developed probe to land on the moon crashed on descent Thursday, but the mission was widely lauded as…