At 11:50 p.m. ET a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) to deliver supplies.
Read More »OneWeb Closer to Delivering LEO SatCom to the Canadian Arctic
In the race to see who will deliver satellite communications from low Earth orbit, OneWeb appears to be behind SpaceX, at least in the number of satellites launched to date.
Read More »SpaceX Nails Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test – What’s Next?
SpaceX deliberately aborted the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket this past Sunday minutes into its flight to demonstrate the Crew Dragon launch escape system.
Read More »Kepler Communications and Other NGSO Constellation Operators Oppose SpaceX Plans
In an October 15, 2019 letter to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) , Kepler Communications is petitioning the FCC to reconsider its order and authorization request from SpaceX to lower the altitude of 1,584 of its satellites to 550 km.
Read More »A New Era of Earth Observation is Launched with the Successful Deployment of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission
This morning at 7:17 a.m. (PDT) local time in California, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying three identical satellites for Canada’s RADARSAT Constellation Mission.
Read More »The RADARSAT Constellation Mission is Ready for Launch
The launch of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission passed yet another milestone this past Saturday when SpaceX conducted a successful static fire test of the SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage on the launch pad.
Read More »RADARSAT Constellation Mission Podcast with Mission Manager Steve Iris
The RADARSAT Constellation Mission is less than a week away from its scheduled launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force base in California.
Read More »SpaceX Starlink Train Lights Up the Sky and Astronomers Complain
It took people by surprise but the SpaceX Starlink train of 60 satellites has some astronomers complaining.
Read More »SpaceX to Launch 60 Starlink Satellites on Next Falcon 9 Mission
SpaceX is scheduled to launch 60 Starlink demonstration satellites on a Falcon 9 this Wednesday without using a traditional dispenser.
Read More »RADARSAT Constellation Mission Launch Date Set
At long last Canada’s trio of new Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites, otherwise known as the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) has a launch date.
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