SpaceX successfully launches their 123 rocket with 60 Starlink satellites today

May 26th 2021 A gorgeous blue sky on time liftoff at 2:59 PM EDT or 18:59 UTC for SpaceX and their 28th V1.0 Starlink mission carrying another batch of 60 internet satellites which now makes 1,666 in the SpaceX constellation. First stage booster B-1063.2 made a perfect landing on the autonomous drone ship JRTI Just Read More

Artemis Orion “We Are Going” – The journey to the moon has begun!

Jim Francisco is correct proudly signing the Artemis Orion "We Are Going" banner in the center with a gold sharpie! Silver signatures are those who worked on the Lockheed Martin crew module and the European Space Agency service module while it was at the Neil Armstrong O&C building since 2016. Black sharpie signatures are NASA Read More

NASA Artemis 1 Orion capsule

An inspiring day today working with NASA Astronaut Randy Bresnik, Scott Wilson KSC Orion Production Manager, Jules Schneider KSC Lockheed Martin director and Jeremy Parsons KSC Deputy EGS Program Manager and other representatives regarding the solid rocket booster stacking operation for the SLS Artemis mission inside the VAB building and then the Lockheed Martin NASA Read More

SpaceX successfully launched and deployed the SiriusXM SXM-7 satellite

On Sunday December 13th 2020 at 12:30 PM EST or 17:30 UTC SpaceX successfully launched and deployed the SiriusXM SXM-7 satellite just 31 minutes 39 seconds after launch from Cape Canaveral Florida. This marks the 30th launch (ULA & SpaceX) in 2020 from Cape Canaveral with one more to go before the end of the Read More

ULA NROL-44 mission launch – Night turns into day!

ULA United Launch Alliance successfully launched the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office at 8:09 PM EST from launch complex 37 Cape Canaveral Florida on 12-10-2020. At the edge of space this Delta Heavy rocket jettisoned the tri sector aluminum fairing protecting the NRO listening spy satellite during ascent through the atmosphere and was Read More

ULA Delta IV Heavy launch carrying the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office

…targeted for Thursday, December 10, pending range availability. The launch time is 6:15 p.m. EST. photo previous launch from Scott Schilke spacenews.lu, space-news.es Today’s forecast shows a 90 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for launch. To view the mission overview and gallery, please click here. Launch Forecast Summary: Overall probability of violating weather constraints: Read More

First look SpaceX GPSIII SV04 photos Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral

In a tough week for three American launch providers (ULA, Northrop Grumman, SpaceX) will this SpaceX GPSIIISV04 for the United States Space Force finally break the string of delays, scrubs and aborts and liftoff from launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Florida during a 15 minute launch window from 9:43 PM EDT or 1:43 UTC Read More

Elon Musk and his SpaceX team successfully launched Starlink 11(12) – with photos

On a bright grey but cloud free morning at 8:46 AM EDT or 12:46 UTC Elon Musk and his SpaceX team successfully launched Starlink 11(12) from historic launch complex 39A adding another 60 satellites to the Starlink constellation totaling 715 satellites. First stage booster B-1060.2 completed its second mission to outer space and successfully re-landed Read More