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Europe Satellite Operator Cancels Ariane 6 Plans, To Go With SpaceX: Report

June 28, 2024 admin

The MTG-S1 satellite had been planned to be the third launch on an Ariane 6 rocket. (Representational) Paris: Europe’s weather satellite operator has cancelled plans to use the European rocket Ariane 6 less than two weeks before its first-ever launch, opting to go with US firm SpaceX instead, the French newspaper Le Monde has reported….

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SpaceX Launches Next-Generation US Spy Satellites

May 23, 2024 admin

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California on Wednesday. Washington: SpaceX on Wednesday launched an inaugural batch of operational spy satellites it built as part of a new U.S. intelligence network designed to significantly upgrade the country’s space-based surveillance powers, the first deployment of several more planned this…

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Injury rates for Musk’s SpaceX exceed industry average for second year

April 23, 2024 admin

SpaceX logo and Elon Musk photo are seen in this illustration taken, December 19, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters Injury rates at SpaceX facilities continued to exceed an industry average in 2023, according to a Reuters review of safety data reported to U.S. regulators by the space venture controlled by billionaire Elon Musk. The 2023…

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Musk’s SpaceX is building spy satellite network for U.S. intelligence agency, sources say

March 17, 2024 admin

SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program said, demonstrating deepening ties between billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company and national security agencies. The network is being built by SpaceX’s Starshield business unit under a $1.8 billion contract…

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Musk’s SpaceX Building Spy Satellite Network For US Intel Agency: Sources

March 16, 2024 admin

The spy satellites will house sensors provided by another company, sources said. (Representational) SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a US intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program said, demonstrating deepening ties between billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company and national security agencies. The network…

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Stunning Photos Of Earth Captured From Space By Elon Musk Starship

March 16, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Elon Musk and SpaceX have shared stunning pictures of the Earth captured by Space X’s Starship as it completed its first successful flight through space on Thursday, in what was its third attempt. The Starship, which is the world’s most powerful rocket, reached its farthest and fastest flight during this test launch, although it was…

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SpaceX Starship Stunning Return To Earth Moments Before It Was Lost

March 15, 2024 admin

Temperatures hit north of 2,600 degrees Fahrenheit as the craft made its re-entry New Delhi: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared a stunning video captured by Starship of its reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere as it finished its first successful flight through space on Thursday – its third attempt. The footage shared by Musk on X…

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SpaceX Starship disintegrates after completing most of third test flight

March 15, 2024 admin

SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket lifts off on its third launch from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. March 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters SpaceX’s Starship rocket, designed to eventually send astronauts to the moon and beyond, completed nearly an entire…

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SpaceX comes close to completing test flight of mega rocket but loses spacecraft near end

March 15, 2024 admin

SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship launches at dawn in the haze on it’s third test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, March 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP SpaceX came close to completing an hour-long test flight of its mega rocket on its third try Thursday, but the spacecraft was lost as it descended…

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SpaceX’s Starship Mega-Rocket “Lost” During Atmospheric Re-Entry

March 14, 2024 admin

Two previous attempts have ended in spectacular explosions. Boca China: Starship, the world’s most powerful rocket, flew further and faster than ever before during its third test flight Thursday, although it was eventually lost as it re-entered the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, SpaceX said. Lift-off from the company’s Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas came…

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