US defense company Lockheed Martin received another $ 4.9 billion in addition to $ 2.9 billion in August 2018 to create a triad of satellites for early registration of missile attacks. Writes about this Space.com. These devices will monitor the Earth’s surface from a geostationary orbit (~ 36,000 km), and if conventional China or […]
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The best video of a landing in the ocean from a camera on a 40-meter falling stage of a SpaceX rocket
Yesterday, June 17 at 19:09 pm Kiev time, the successful launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took place, which injected into an intermediate orbit the satellite of the third generation GPS navigation system GPS III SV05. The launch was carried out from the SLC-40 site of the US Air Force cosmodrome at Cape Canaveral […]
Taikonauts inside the “Sacred Boat” flew to the new Chinese space station: video
On June 17, at 04:22 am Kiev time, the Shenzhou-12 (神舟 十一 号) spacecraft with three taikonauts on board was successfully launched in the direction of the Chinese space station under construction. The launch was carried out on a Long March-2F Y12 rocket (长征 二号 F 火箭) from the site of the largest China […]
US military launches Minotaur I rocket with aviator boar into space – broadcast
Mission NROL-111 of the US National Space Intelligence Agency is scheduled for today, June 15. The Minotaur I solid-propellant rocket will launch three payloads for the Pentagon into orbit. The launch is carried out by Northrop Grumman Corporation. The main passenger on the rocket is the sixth and last military satellite of the AEHF […]
SpaceX brings glowing newborn squids and water bears into space – broadcast
On June 3, at 20:29 pm Kiev time, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is to be launched, which will send a Cargo Dragon cargo ship with 3328 kg of cargo on a commercial flight to the International Space Station. The launch will take place from the SLC-39A site in the Space Center. Kennedy at Cape Canaveral, […]
Huge speed, plasma streams and plume. How Starship will go out of orbit – video
By the end of 2021, SpaceX hopes to send a sample SN20 of its Starship rocket spacecraft on its first orbital test flight from Texas to Hawaii around Earth. CGI designer Alexander Svanidze showed on YouTube how his entry into the atmosphere will look on his return. The head of the company, Elon Musk, […]
US launches enemy attack detection satellite on Russian-powered rocket – broadcast
On May 17, at 20:35 Kiev time, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches from the SLC-41 site at the US Air Force Base at Cape Canaveral. The carrier is to put the fifth satellite of the SBIRS series into a geo-transfer orbit. The launch point at that moment will be day. The […]
In the footsteps of SpaceX. Electron rocket launch with a stage return from space – broadcast
On May 15, at 13:08 Kiev time, the Rocket Lab Electron rocket will be launched from the New Zealand launch pad. The spent first stage is planned to be returned to Earth intact, as SpaceX has been doing for a long time, but in a different way: it will be lowered into the ocean by […]
SpaceX goes on record: the symbolic 10th launch of the same rocket – broadcast from the USA
On May 9 at 09:42 am Kiev time, SpaceX plans to carry out a record launch of a partially reusable rocket* Falcon 9. No one in the history of astronautics has used the first stage of a rocket 10 times. Space Exploration Technologies Corp., a company of Elon Musk, has no competitors in the […]
China Began To Build Its ISS In Space: The Main Module Of Tianhe Was Launched Today – Video
Using a heavy Long March 5B rocket, China this morning at 06:23 Kiev time successfully launched the 22.5-ton main module of its future Tianhe station into a 370-kilometer intermediate orbit, which will serve as a dwelling, docking bay and laboratory. China has approached the task in abundance: in addition to Tianhe (“Tianhe”), which is […]