SpaceX was selected by NASA for the mission of the SPHEREx telescope (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer). SpaceX services for NASA will cost $ 98.8 million. At the moment, the launch of the telescope is scheduled for June 2024. This will be implemented through the Falcon 9 […]
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Elon Musk’s satellite Internet is gaining momentum: the Starlink system has over 1000 satellites and over 10,000 users
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched in the United States yesterday, successfully delivering 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit. As a result, their number in the system is already approaching 1100: in total, 1,083 devices are functioning – and this is without the two prototypes launched in 2018. At the same time, details about the number […]
The Starship exploded on landing after a test flight. But it was enchanting – video
On the evening of February 2, Kiev time, the ninth test sample of the Starship spacecraft of the American company SpaceX made a test suborbital flight to an altitude of 10 km, after which it returned to the launch point in an original way. However, when landing, he could not slow down and crashed. Prior […]
SpaceX Starship spacecraft prototype exploded on fall and nearly destroyed another prototype
SpaceX today launched a prototype Starship spacecraft for the so-called high-altitude test. SN9 was supposed to climb to an altitude of about 10 km, and then turn around, head down and land. Everything went as planned until the very last moment. SN9 launch For a more effective reduction in speed, the Starship returns to the […]
SpaceX will launch four civilians into space for the first time in history
SpaceX has often made headlines lately: Elon Musk’s company is launching satellites into orbit, actively testing a prototype of an interplanetary spacecraft, and has now announced the first ever flight into space of four civilians. The mission is called Inspiration4, it starts at the end of this year from the Kennedy Space Center (Florida, USA). […]
SpaceX will re-launch Starlink satellites into orbit – for the second time in 10 days
According to the source, tomorrow SpaceX has planned another flight, as a result of which 60 satellites of the Starlink system are to be launched into orbit. It is noteworthy that just a week ago, the SpaceX Transporter-1 launch vehicle launched a record number of satellites into orbit – 143. This time there are fewer […]
The emergence of full-fledged commercial space tourism. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon to take two tourists to ISS next year
Axiom Space has revealed the details of the upcoming AX-1 mission, in which two tourists will travel to the ISS. In fact, we are talking about the resumption of tourist flights to the station, and more globally, about the start of space tourism as a full-fledged industry. Previously, there were already tourist flights to the […]
SpaceX makes historic launch and puts record number of satellites into orbit with one Falcon 9 launch vehicle
The launch of SpaceX Transporter-1, planned a couple of days ago, had to be postponed due to unfavorable weather conditions, but in the end it was successful, and Elon Musk’s company launched almost 150 spacecraft into orbit. This is the first launch under the SmallSat Rideshare program, announced by SpaceX back in 2019, when the […]
Falcon 9 rocket launched a record number of satellites into space
With a slight delay, SpaceX completed the planned launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle, which set a kind of record: 143 satellites were in orbit at once. The launch was delayed by one day due to unfavorable weather. The rocket launched yesterday at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (6 p.m. Moscow time) from the […]
SpaceX plans to launch a record number of satellites today with a single launch vehicle
SpaceX Transporter-1 is scheduled to launch today. This is the first launch on the SmallSat Rideshare program, announced by SpaceX back in 2019. The essence of the program is set out in the relevant news, and as for today’s launch, the rocket will have to launch a record large number of satellites into orbit: the […]
