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SpaceX launches second pair of Maxar WorldView Legion imaging ...
WEBAug 15, 2024 · WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a pair of Maxar Intelligence imaging satellites Aug. 15 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The mission named Maxar-2 lifted off at 9:00 a.m ...
Musk outlines plans to increase Starship launch rate and …
WEBApr 6, 2024 · Updated April 8 with date of presentation. WASHINGTON — SpaceX could attempt to land a Starship booster as soon as the vehicle’s fifth flight as Elon Musk outlined plans to increase both the ...
SLS contract extension hints at additional Artemis delays
WEBAug 22, 2024 · That is a reference to the announcement by the agency of delays in both the Artemis 2 and 3 missions.At a Jan. 9 briefing, NASA said that Artemis 2 would launch no earlier than September 2025 ...
SpaceX continues Starlink deployment with latest launch
WEBMay 4, 2021 · WASHINGTON — SpaceX continued the deployment of its Starlink broadband megaconstellation May 4 with the second launch of 60 satellites in less than a week. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Kennedy ...
Acquisition of Orbital ATK approved, company renamed
WEBJan 23, 2023 · WASHINGTON — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday announced it has cleared Northrop Grumman’s $7.8 billion purchase of defense and space contractor Orbital ATK. Orbital ATK will become ...
Planet signs deal with NATO to supply satellite imagery
WEBAug 19, 2024 · WASHINGTON — Earth imaging company Planet announced Aug. 19 it has inked a deal with NATO to supply satellite imagery. The contract, signed with NATO’s Communications and Information Agency ...
SpaceShipTwo makes first flight to space from New Mexico
WEBMay 22, 2021 · Updated 5:15 p.m. Eastern. WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo made its first flight to space in more than two years May 22, completing the first in a series of four suborbital flights ...
NASA selects Maxar to build first Gateway element - SpaceNews
WEBMay 23, 2019 · Updated 6:15 p.m. Eastern. LOS ANGELES — NASA has selected Maxar Technologies to develop the first element of its lunar Gateway, the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), for launch in late 2022.
Chinese spacecraft appear to reach lunar orbit despite launch …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · HELSINKI — Two Chinese spacecraft appear to have successfully reached their intended lunar orbits despite an initial launch issue that left them stranded in low Earth orbit. A slide attributed ...
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