Tag: Reusable Launch Vehicles
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SpaceX Launches 27 Starlink Satellites as Falcon 9 Booster Completes 17th Flight
SpaceX launched 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on September 19, adding another batch of broadband spacecraft to its low Earth orbit constellation. The Falcon 9 mission also marked the 17th flight of first-stage booster B1093, which landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. The rocket lifted…
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SpaceX Sets USSF-259 Launch, Second Classified Space Force Mission in Six Days
SpaceX is preparing to launch the classified USSF-259 mission for the U.S. Space Force from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on September 16, marking the company’s second national security flight from the base in six days. A Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off from Space Launch Complex 4 East during a four-hour window…
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Commercial Space 2.0: Where Are the Opportunities for China’s Second-Generation Rocket Companies?
China’s commercial rocket industry officially began to take shape in 2015, when three government ministries jointly issued guidelines encouraging its development. Looking back from where the industry stands today, it took a decade for China to largely complete its policy framework and develop a basic supply chain. That period also saw the arrival of market…