Day: September 21, 2024

Botswana’s first satellite, BotSat-1, has achieved a significant milestone as it continues progressing towards its anticipated launch in early 2025. The satellite, currently being developed through a collaboration between EnduroSat, a Bulgarian satellite manufacturer, and the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) engineers, has successfully passed its Assembly, Integration, and Testing (AIT) phase. …

BotSat-1 Passes Major Milestone in Preparation for Launch. Read More »

Boeing is getting a new space chief. Ted Colbert will no longer be CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, one of the aerospace giant’s subdivisions, according to media reports. Those reports cite a staff memo circulated today (Sept. 20) by Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, who took the top job in August. “At this critical …

Boeing Space & Defense Chief Ted Colbert Is Leaving. Read More »

Cards Against Humanity has just filed a $15 million lawsuit against SpaceX. The Chicago-based Cards Against Humanity (CAH) — the company behind the bestselling adult party game in which players use cards to create either wonderfully clever or hilariously disturbing strings of phrases — distributed a statement on Friday (Sept. 20) blasting Elon Musk and …

Cards Against Humanity Sues SpaceX For $15 Million Over Land Dispute. Read More »

SpaceX is gearing up to make spaceflight history again. During the next test flight of its Starship megarocket, SpaceX plans to catch the vehicle’s huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, using the “chopstick” arms of the launch tower at its Starbase site in South Texas. SpaceX is known for its trailblazing achievements in rocket …

SpaceX Practices For Epic Starship Booster Catch Attempt. Read More »

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink satellites to orbit today (Sept. 20). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on California’s foggy central coast today at 9:50 a.m. EDT (1350 GMT and 6:50 a.m. local California time). The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to …

SpaceX Launches 20 Starlink Satellites, Lands Rocket At Sea. Read More »