Australia is poised to be the next country to take the giant leap into orbit. Aussie-based company Gilmour Space received the country’s first orbital launch license this week, as it prepares for the first test flight of its Eris rocket. A specific launch date is expected within the next few weeks, according to a Gilmour …
Australian Company Gilmour Space Gets Country’s 1st Orbital Launch License. Read More »
SpaceX launched 20 Starlink internet satellites from California early Saturday morning (Nov. 9). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft — 13 of which had direct-to-cell capability — lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:14 a.m. EST (0514 GMT; 10:14 p.m. Nov. 8 local time). According to plan, the Falcon 9’s first stage …
SpaceX Launches 20 Starlink Satellites From California. Read More »
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft set a new speed record during its latest test flight. The Colorado company is working through a flight test program of the XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft, which completed its most recent test flight on Nov. 5. This was the seventh out of 10 planned subsonic test flights to confirm XB-1’s performance …
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 Jet Sets New Speed Record During 7th Test Flight. Read More »
The International Space Station is going a just tiny bit faster today, after receiving an orbital boost from SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. SpaceX’s 31st commercial resupply mission lifted off Nov. 4, launching a Dragon cargo vehicle to rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS), docking to the station’s forward-facing port the next day. For the first …
SpaceX Dragon Fires Thrusters To Boost ISS Orbit For The 1st Time. Read More »
Russia launched 53 small satellites into orbit on Monday (Nov. 4), a mix of Russian and international spacecraft. A Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage lifted off from the Vostochny spaceport in the Russian Far East at 6:18 p.m. EST on Monday (2318 GMT; or 2:18 a.m. on Nov. 5 local time). “The …
Russia Sends 53 Satellites To Orbit On Record-Breaking Launch. Read More »
Space specialists in China have begun to assess experiment samples brought back by the Shenzhou-18 crew that touched down Nov. 4 in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu parachuted back to Earth after their six-month stay in the country’s Tiangong space station. The Shenzhou-18 crew conducted some 90 …
China’s Space Station Experiments Are Back On Earth. Read More »
