By Laura Dobberstein, Published by The Register, 9 November 2023 Rather than launch from a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V or SpaceX Falcon 9 as it has done in the past, the seventh takeoff of the US Space Force's reusable X-37B spaceplane will make use of a Falcon Heavy
By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 9 November 2023 The X-37B has previously launched atop the smaller Falcon 9 rocket. The U.S. Space Force's shadowy X-37B is set for launch atop a SpaceX rocket. The reusable space plane will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 8 November 2023 The seventh mission of the X-37B, designated USSF-52, is projected to launch Dec. 7 from Kennedy Space Center WASHINGTON — The seventh mission of the reusable U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane is scheduled to launch Dec. 7 on a SpaceX Falcon
By Jon Gertner, Published by The New York Times Magazine, 8 November 2023 Inside the highly secretive military branch responsible for protecting American interests in a vulnerable new domain. What’s most concerning isn’t the swarm of satellites but the types. “We know that there are kinetic kill vehicles,” Lerch said
European companies already have concepts that could feature in the capsule competition By Jonathan Amos, Published by the BBC, 7 November 2023 A robotic capsule to carry cargo to and from the International Space Station is to be developed under a competition run by the European Space Agency. It's anticipated
By Andrew Falle, Ewan Wright, Published by The Conversation, 7 November 2023 As the number of satellites in orbit increase, so will the possibilities of space debris. There are currently 8,000 satellites in orbit, but hundreds of thousands more are being proposed. In September 2021, Rwanda announced that it was planning
A view of the doomed Electron fairing.Photo: Rocket Lab By George Dvorsky, Published by Gizmodo, 26 October 2023 Following an in-flight anomaly during an Electron launch in September, Rocket Lab has been granted FAA authorization to resume its launch operations, with an anticipated return this quarter. Rocket Lab, headquartered in
By Maxwell Zeff, Published by Gizmodo, 24 October 2023 Elon Musk's SpaceX is set to undertake its first launch of European satellites equipped with classified technology, specifically for the Galileo system SpaceX has reached a deal to launch four Galileo satellites next year in coordination with the European Space Agency, according
