by JVanDomelen | Mar 12, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Satellite, Space
Preparations at Baikonur are continuing for the launch, scheduled for 09:31 UTC (10:31 CET) on Monday 14 March. This morning, the roll out to the launch pad was completed with the launcher being raised into the vertical position. This followed the completion yesterday...
by JVanDomelen | Mar 6, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Satellite, Space
The private space exploration company has been working to have the unmanned rockets land vertically, but SpaceX owner Elon Musk said the rocket landed hard on the drone ship Friday. Read more SpaceX Rocket Launches Satellite, But Can’t Nail Drone Ship...
by JVanDomelen | Mar 3, 2016 | Featured, Manned, Space
NASA will share the completion of American astronaut Scott Kelly’s one-year mission aboard the International Space Station with live television coverage of his return to Houston on Wednesday, March 2, and two news briefings on Friday, March 4. Kelly is scheduled to...
by JVanDomelen | Feb 12, 2016 | Featured, Satellite, Space
CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 9, 2016 – ViaSat Inc. , a global broadband services and technology company, continues to redefine the role satellite plays in the competitive broadband communications market with the introduction of the ViaSat-3 ultra-high capacity...
by JVanDomelen | Dec 21, 2015 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Satellite, Space
Mission Overview With this mission, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver 11 satellites to low-Earth orbit for ORBCOMM, a leading global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. The ORBCOMM launch is targeted for an...
by JVanDomelen | Dec 18, 2015 | Featured, Probe & Rover, Space
NASA’s next Mars spacecraft has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for final preparations before a launch scheduled in March 2016 and a landing on Mars six months later. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built and tested the spacecraft and...