SpaceX has launched its first Starfall mission. The test flight will carry a new cargo return vehicle. The return vehicle is designed to bring materials back to Earth from orbit. Unlike SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon, which primarily returns cargo from the ISS, Starfall is being developed as a dedicated cargo return system that could provide a […]
Two AST SpaceMobile BlueBirds (#8 and #10) are already making their way to Cape Canaveral, with the third (#9) close behind and expected to ship in the next few days. Launch of the three are planned for mid-June on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The news coincided with a presentation by AST’s president Scott Wisniewski […]
Bad weather over Florida delayed the SpaceX launch of a Viasat satellite on April 27th.The satellite, ViaSat-3 F3, will now launch on April 29th, weather permitting. The launch window of 85 minutes opens at 10.13am Florida-time. The satellite will be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space […]
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch ViaSat-3 F3 on April 27th. The 85-minute launch window opens at 10:21 a.m. EDT at Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The Boeing-built satellite arrived in Florida on April 7th for pre-launch preparations. ViaSat-3 F3 is the third satellite in Viasat’s new constellation and […]
Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Jeff Bezos, was scheduled to launch an AST SpaceMobile satellite on April 18th. This is the first time a New Glenn booster has been reused. The launch has now slipped to April 19th and for lift-off window opens at 06.45am (Eastern Time) from Florida. In the event of […]
Airbus Defence & Space wants to consolidate its separate Airbus Constellations Satellites business. A French union (Union Nationale des Syndicats Autonomes (UNSA)) has described the move as industrial, economic and social nonsense. The Constellations business is the former Airbus OneWeb Satellite business formed as a joint venture in January 2016 between Airbus and Eutelsat OneWeb […]
The much-delayed launch of Viasat’s latest satellite, its ViaSat-3 F2, should happen this evening [November 13] from Cape Canaveral. The 44-minute launch window will open at 10.04pm Florida time and is being handled by a huge Atlas 5 rocket. Once in service, VS-3 F2 is expected to more than double the bandwidth capacity of Viasat’s […]
Viasat’s latest satellite, the second in its planned fleet expansion, its ViaSat-3 F2 has its launch delayed by 24 hours. The craft should have launched during the late evening of November 5th from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral on a giant United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket. ULA Launch Director James Whelan has announced that […]
California-based satellite operator Viasat says that its latest satellite, its much-delayed Viasat-3 F2 craft, is ready to ship to its launch site by the end of September, for launch by a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V-551 rocket. This suggests the satellite will likely launch in late-October or early-November. Viasat added that progress on its […]
Amazon’s second batch of Project Kuiper broadband satellites are due to launch today [June 23rd]. United Launch Alliance (ULA) is planning its Atlas 5 rocket to lift off at 6.54am (Eastern/Florida time) subject to the usual weather and last-minute technical observations. KA-02 will carry 27 satellites. The Jeff Bezos-backed Amazon Project Kuiper broadband-by-satellite system will […]