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SpaceX launches next-gen US spy satellites on 100th Falcon 9 flight of the year (video, photos) (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket just hit the century mark for the year. A Falcon 9 launched a batch of next-gen spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) today (Oct. 24) from […]
Watch SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts return to Earth early Oct. 25 (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] The astronauts of SpaceX’s Crew-8 mission will return to Earth early Friday morning (Oct. 25), and you can watch their homecoming live. The Dragon capsule Endeavour is scheduled to splash down off the Florida coast on Friday at around 3:30 […]
NRO readies open call for satellite remote sensing (Image Credit: Space News) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – The National Reconnaissance Office will invite companies to propose remote sensing capabilities on an ongoing basis.In the past, the agency responsible for designing, building and operating U.S. spy satellites has solicited proposals through Broad Area Announcements, which have defined […]
Challenges facing Space Force and commercial industry: Gen. Guetlein’s candid take (Image Credit: Space News) WASHINGTON — At a time when space is more congested and contested, Gen. Michael Guetlein, vice chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force, delivered a blunt assessment of the hurdles facing the military’s youngest branch.Speaking Oct. 23 via […]
Watch sun unleash major X-flare in epic solar eruption (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) The sun has been rather quiet of late but has since roared back to life with a major X-class solar flare eruption, the most powerful class of solar flare. The intense solar flare originated from sunspot region AR3869 and unfolded over the […]
Saturn gets its 1st confirmed Trojan asteroid — but it might be stolen (Image Credit: Space.com) Saturn has finally joined its fellow solar system giant planets as the parent of trailing asteroids called “Trojans.” But the gas giant, mostly known for its spectacular rings, may have cheated a little to fit in with its contemporaries, […]
SpaceX to launch next-gen US spy satellites today on 100th Falcon 9 flight of the year (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket is about to hit the century mark for the year. A Falcon 9 is set to launch a batch of next-gen spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) today […]
Breakthrough coming? Iceland could get solar power from space in 2030 (Image Credit: Space.com) British startup plans to supply solar power from space to Icelanders by 2030, in what could be the world’s first demonstration of this novel renewable energy source. The space solar power project, announced on Monday (Oct. 21), is a partnership between […]
SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast this evening (Oct. 23).A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today. SpaceX had been targeting Tuesday (Oct. 22) but called that try off due to weather concerns. The Falcon 9’s first stage […]
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, October 24 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-167 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 10:13 a.m. PT. If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Friday, October 25 at 9:59 a.m. PT. The launch cost is […]
