SpaceX has provided a rare update on its Seattle-centric plans to develop a multibillion-dollar Internet satellite network, saying that the...
SpaceX speaks up for its Seattle satellite operation after months of low-key work
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Bayer partners with Planetary Resources to use satellite images for agricultural products
German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer today inked a memorandum of understanding with Planetary Resources as part of a deal to utilize satellite images collected by the...
SpaceX Falcon 9 booster leans in for a landing at sea after launching satellite
For the third time in a row, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster sent a payload into space and then came back for a landing on an...
Woohoo! SpaceX Falcon 9 booster makes nighttime landing at sea after launching JCSAT-14 satellite
SpaceX increased the degree of difficulty for tonight’s Falcon 9 rocket landing attempt...
SpaceX’s satellite launch works like a charm, but rocket makes hard landing
After coping with a wayward boat, unfavorable winds and propellant problems, SpaceX launched the SES-9 telecommunication satellite on...
Russian crowdfunded reflector satellite aims to be “brightest star in the sky”
(credit: Mayak project)
A group of engineers and space enthusiasts from Moscow University of Mechanical Engineering have hit the goal for a crowdfunding project that may change the night sky for a while. The team's "Mayak" (Beacon) satellite project has raised enough money to launch what amounts to an orbital night-light into orbit—a solar-synchronized satellite that...
Cute to “a little sinister”—the beauty of US spy satellite rocket launch logos
SpaceX rocket launches satellite, but landing attempt ends with a crash
Less than a month after SpaceX’s first successful rocket landing, billionaire Elon Musk’s company tried to do it again today – but this time, the rocket broke a leg and crashed onto its oceangoing landing platform. Oh, and the Falcon 9...
SpaceX Falcon delivers NASA/NOAA satellite but has rough landing
On Sunday, SpaceX's Falcon booster successfully lifted the Jason-3 satellite into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Following that, the first stage attempted to achieve a landing on the Just Read the Instructions barge, which was floating off the California coast. The barge was experiencing 12-to-15-foot waves at the time of liftoff and just as the rocket descended towards the barge, communications went out possibly...
SpaceX launches Jason 3 satellite, then tries to land Falcon 9 rocket at sea
Less than a month after SpaceX’s first successful rocket landing, billionaire Elon Musk’s company tried to do it again today – this time, on a ship at sea. Oh, and the Falcon 9 rocket launched a satellite, too. The primary objective of today’s...
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