Seattle rideshare space company wins a shout-out for disruption – GeekWire
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sends 64 satellites into space from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base in December 2018 to kick off Spaceflight’s SSO-A satellite rideshare
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As rocket companies proliferate, new enabling tech emerges as the next wave in the space race
Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, Relativity Space, Slingshot Aeropsace, SpaceX and Virgin Orbit have raised billions of dollars to create new vehicles to launch payloads into
Israeli lunar lander passes tests in preparation for SpaceX launch – GeekWire
SpaceIL’s Beresheet lunar lander is suspended at a payload processing facility in Florida. (SpaceIL Photo via Twitter) The managers of Israel’s first mission to the
China Successfully Touches Down Chang’e 4, First Soft-Landed Craft on the Far Side of the Moon
A control room at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center, picturing the touchdown of Chang’e 4’s predecessor, Chang’e 3 (“Yutu”/Jade Rabbit).Photo: AP The China National Space
FCC levies $900,000 fine against Swarm for unauthorized satellite launch – GeekWire
As initially designed, Swarm Technologies’ controversial SpaceBEE satellites were each roughly the size of a sandwich. (Swarm Technologies Illustration via FCC) The Federal Communications Commission
SpaceX completes its last mission of 2018 with the launch of a military GPS satellite
SpaceX successfully launched the United States Air Force’s first Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite, nicknamed Vespucci, from Cape Canaveral, Florida this morning in what was
Spaceflight’s 64-satellite extravaganza inches closer to SpaceX launch – GeekWire
A twice-flown SpaceX Falcon booster is readied for its third mission, set for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Scorch marks give the
India’s PSLV rocket launches BlackSky’s Global satellite (plus 30 others) – GeekWire
India’s PSLV rocket lifts off to send 31 satellites into orbit. (ISRO Video) The first Earth observation satellite for Seattle-based BlackSky’s Global constellation has been
NASA’s InSight Lander Sends Back Stunning Image of the Martian Horizon
The first released photo taken by NASA’s Insight lander after the removal of its lens cover.Photo: NASA (Twitter) NASA’s InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations,
NASA chooses the landing site for its Mars 2020 rover mission
Five years and sixty potential locations later, NASA has chosen the Jezero Crater as the landing site for its Mars 2020 rover mission. Slated to launch in
Rocket Lab Completes First Commercial Launch of Its Electron Rocket
U.S.-based aerospace manufacturer Rocket Lab completed its first successful commercial launch on Saturday, sending seven spacecraft including “six tiny satellites and a drag sail demonstrator”
SpaceX lands its first rocket on West Coast ground: Watch
SpaceX has just successfully landed its first rocket on the U.S. West Coast. After launching a satellite from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base on Sunday
