SpaceX is significantly upping the ante on its Starship test flight program, with the upcoming rocket launch expected to demonstrate payload deployment for the first time. The payload in question will be 10 Starlink “simulators” that will be similar in size and weight to the next-generation satellites that SpaceX plans to use Starship to deploy […]
blue origin says it is on track to launch its towering New Glenn vehicle before the end of the year, although the company is still waiting for regulatory approval to conduct a final key test of the massive rocket. That test, called a “hot fire,” involves igniting the first stage’s seven BE-4 engines and firing
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SpaceX received an eight-launch contract worth $733 million from the U.S. Space Force on Friday, as part of an ongoing program aimed at fostering competition among launch providers. The award includes seven launches for the Space Development Agency and one for the National Reconnaissance Office, all of which are expected to use Falcon 9 and
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For the first time, SpaceX not only launched its gigantic Starship, but also returned the booster to the launch site and caught it with a pair of oversized “chopsticks.” This test flight, the fifth in the Starship development program, took place Sunday morning at the company’s Starbase site in southeast Texas. The nearly 400-foot-tall Starship
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from SpaceX The Starlink satellite internet network is expected to hit a new customer milestone this week, company President Gwynne Shotwell told Texas lawmakers on Tuesday. “This week, by the way, we will surpass 4 million Starlink customers, which is pretty exciting,” he said while testifying before a meeting of the state House Appropriations Committee.
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