The privately launched rocket that was supposed to deliver two NASA satellites into orbit malfunctioned shortly after takeoff on Sunday, failing to complete its mission and losing expensive US space agency payloads for the second time this year. “The upper stage shut down early, and we did not deliver the …
Read More »Space companies invited to set up in ‘valley of satellites’ located in former Covid hot zone
The Chinese government is offering companies involved in the manufacture of spacecraft, rockets and satellites a hefty financial incentive to relocate to Wuhan, seeking to reinvent the city as a “valley of satellites” by 2025. Wuhan announced the official launch of its plans to turn the city into a $15.7 …
Read More »China complains about near-misses with SpaceX satellites
The Chinese government has filed a complaint with the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, claiming that its space station had to take evasive action to dodge starlink satellites on two occasions this year. The complaint, lodged with the UN earlier this month, alleges that a Starlink satellite in April …
Read More »WATCH Russian Soyuz rocket take off with 36 satellites in a launch commemorating Gagarin’s historic space flight
The rocket took off at 7.14 a.m. local time (2214 GMT) on Sunday. The launch went without a hitch, with all the rocket’s stages detaching according to the schedule. The head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin later confirmed that all 36 satellites successfully separated from the carrier. “The …
Read More »WATCH Russian Soyuz rocket launch 36 OneWeb satellites into orbit (VIDEO)
Moscow’s space agency Roscosmos took to Twitter with a progress update late on Wednesday night, noting that the separation of the satellites had already begun, while also sharing an animation showing how the rocket booster will detach from the rest of the spacecraft. The agency, as well as OneWeb itself, …
Read More »Civil war, medical discrimination, spy satellites and cyborgs! How 2021 could make us yearn for 2020
The year 2020 has proven things can always get worse, delivering a worldwide economic depression, a coronavirus pandemic, riots across the US, and unprecedented political division. It’s safe to say most of humanity is eager to close the book on it. But merely putting up a new calendar does nothing …
Read More »The number of Russian satellites this year increased almost
The state Corporation “Roskosmos” reported on the growth of the Russian orbital constellation of civil – as at the end of this year around the Earth flying 92 of the apparatus, but a year ago I said about the 91 satellite, therefore, the increase consists of a single satellite. About …
Read More »The Falcon 9 rocket with Internet satellites launched at the third attempt
Satellites of the Starlink project is designed to create a global network of Internet traffic. Us company SpaceX third attempt launched the Falcon 9 with 60 Internet satellites project Starlink, designed to create a global network of Internet traffic. This was reported in Twitter of the company on Friday, may …
Read More »The Network showed footage of the launch 60 satellites Starlink. Video
New companions are a flat design to effectively position them inside the head fairing of the rocket. The company SpaceX Elon musk, launched the Falcon 9 rocket with 60 first communications satellites system, Starlink. It has been broadcast on the YouTube channel SpaceX. The launch kicked off on may 24 …
Read More »The Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched into orbit ten satellites. Video
SpaceX sent into orbit 10 satellites on the Falcon 9 rocketThe launch was made from US air force base Vandenberg in southern California. The launch was held on 23 December at 03:27 (Kyiv time). It is worth Recalling that the first stage of the rocket that separated, it was used …
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