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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service has been approved in the UK, and people are already receiving their beta kits
Image: SpaceX has launched nearly 500 additional Starlink satellites so far this year. Credit: SpaceX By Kate Duffy, Published in Business Insider – 11 January 2021 The UK has given […]
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FCC grants permission for polar launch of Starlink satellite
Image: SpaceX has launched nearly 500 additional Starlink satellites so far this year. Credit: SpaceX by Jeff Foust, Published in Space News – January 9, 2021 WASHINGTON — The Federal […]
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DARPA’s big bet on Blackjack
SpaceNews illustration/Adobe stock by Sandra Erwin, Published in SpaceNews, 8 January, 2020 The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency foresaw the commercial space boom and recognized an opportunity. Ventures flush […]
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Rocket launch impacts: Ozone depletion & crowded orbits
By Bruce Gagnon, From ‘Organizing Notes‘ – 31 December 2020 As the number of space launches increase, rocket engine emissions grow in proportion. Rocket engine exhaust contains gases and particles […]
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2021 could be a huge year for space. Here’s what’s to come from NASA, Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk celebrates after the historic first launch of astronauts aboard a SpaceX craft in May. (Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton) By Christian Davenport, The Washington Post […]
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Nuclear-Powered Rockets Get a Second Look for Travel to Mars
Ilustration of a conceptual spacecraft enabled by nuclear thermal propulsion. Credit: NASA By Pirachi Patel, Published in Real Clear Science – 24 December, 2020 NASA is investing in the technology […]
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Elon Musk (Space X) has gone nuts
Spacex From Bruce Gagnon’s Blog – 15 December 2021 Elon Musk, and his company Space X, has a plan to take control of Mars. They want to ‘Terraform’ the dusty […]
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Most Advanced SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite Ready For 2021 Launch
Lockheed Martin’s fully-assembled SBIRS GEO 5 missile warning satellite moves into the Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) test chamber. Image: Lockheed Martin By Staff Writers, Sunnyvale, California (SPX) – December 3, 2020 […]
