By Joshua Huminski,Published by Breaking Defense, 2 November 2021 For years, the Pentagon has been required to have two military space launch providers available at all times. But that system means a slow process, with long-scheduled launch plans. Now, with the rise of alternative launch providers around the globe and
By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 28 October 2021 If the environment was your priority, which rocket would you choose? When it comes to their environmental impacts, not all rocket fuels are equal. Which are the industry's 'dirty secrets' and which technologies might satisfy even Greta Thunberg? Here's a look
By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 22 October 2021 WASHINGTON — SpaceX performed a static-fire test of a Starship vehicle Oct. 21 as debate continues about an environmental assessment of the company’s proposed launch operations in Texas. SpaceX performed two brief firings of a single Raptor engine mounted in
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 20 October, 2021 Thomas Martin, director of national security programs: 'We're in conversations with U.S. Transportation Command' NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Blue Origin could become the second U.S. rocket company to sign a cooperative agreement with the U.S. military to examine how space
By Jonathan O’Callaghan,Published by New Scientist, 16 September 2021 Every location on Earth will have hundreds of satellites visible in the night sky, if the launch and operation of mega constellations continues as planned. Mega constellations are vast groups of satellites designed to orbit Earth and beam internet to the
By Janani Whitfield, Published by CBC Canada, 14 September 2021 If the launch of thousands of artificial satellites goes ahead as planned, future generations may have to start singing 'Twinkle Twinkle Little StarLink,' a possibility that has one astronomy professor chilled. Humans have long turned to the night sky to see natural
By Diana Wray, Published by the Guardian, 5 September 2021 The site in Boca Chica, south Texas is surrounded by protected lands that host a huge range of local wildlife including turtles and hundreds of bird species Everything seemed normal as SpaceX’s Starship juddered into the sky over south Texas
By Ramish Zafar, Published by WCCFtech, 29 August 2021 Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s (SpaceX) Starlink satellite internet constellation plans to launch a staggering amount of satellites by the end of February next year reveal the company's filings with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). SpaceX's Falcon 9 medium-lift rocket uses frequencies
