By Mike Killian, on February 25th, 2021
ULA’s next Delta IV Heavy rocket now stands atop its West Coast launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for the upcoming NROL-82 mission. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced today their next mammoth Delta IV Heavy rocket has arrived at its Space Launch Complex (SLC)-6 launch pad […]
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By Ben Evans, on February 17th, 2021
@SpaceX’s loss of 6x-flown #Falcon9 booster has broken a 24-mission run of landing successes, as next Starlink mission meets with delay. […]
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By Ben Evans, on January 5th, 2021
@NASA_Landsat #Landsat9 mission draws one step closer to Sept 2021 launch, with successful design review completion of ESPA Flight System (EFS). […]
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By Ben Evans, on November 29th, 2020
As the record-breaking B1049 #Falcon9 core returns to shore, @SpaceX continues to stack up its reusability and frequent-flyer miles. […]
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By Ben Evans, on November 21st, 2020
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean observation satellite lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 9:17 a.m. PST (12:17 p.m. EST) Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. In this composite, the rocket can be seen at left landing. Photo: Oliver Pelham Burn / […]
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By Ben Evans, on November 20th, 2020
@NASA, @SpaceX & @CopernicusEU plan a weekend launch double-header, with #Sentinel6 & #Starlink missions from West & East Coasts. And both missions will knock out a few more SpaceX records too. […]
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By Mike Killian, on November 17th, 2020
Artists impression of the Sentinel 6 spacecraft in orbit. Image Credit NASA
SpaceX conducted a successful Static Test Fire today of the Falcon 9 rocket tasked with launching NASA and ESA’s latest Earth observing science satellte, Sentinel-6A, paving the way for a launch attempt from Vandenberg AFB in southern California on Nov 21 at […]
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By Mike Killian, on November 6th, 2020
Inside SpaceX’s Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite is being encapsulated in the SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing on Nov. 3, 2020. Photo: NASA
NASA and ESA’s next Earth Observing science mission aims to better understand sea level rise and how it changes […]
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By Ben Evans, on September 21st, 2020
@AirbusSpace is ready to ship #Sentinel6 ocean-watching satellite from Munich to California this week, ahead of 10 Nov @SpaceX launch. […]
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By Ben Evans, on September 10th, 2020
@ULALaunch is zeroing-in on the root cause of August’s Hot Fire Abort of #MajesticDelta & targets NET 18 Sept for #NROL44. […]
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