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….which successfully landed on the autonomous drone ship OCISLY (Of Course I Still Love You) 633 kilometers down range for a new SpaceX record in flight proven boosters. All 60 Starlink satellites were successfully deployed and they will use there own krypton ion thrusters to achieve their final orbit 168 miles above Earth. With some Read More

…at 3:13 AM EST or 8:13 UTC March 11th 2021 from launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in the early morning hours. First stage booster B1058.6 ( it's sixth flight into space) successfully landed on the autonomous drone ship JRTI Just Read The Instructions down range in the Atlantic ocean and SpaceX confirmed all 60 Read More

Last night's launch 3-9-21 at 9:58 PM EST from LC-40 Cape Canaveral was delayed in the final hours leading up to this attempt. SpaceX is now targeting Thursday 3-11-21 at 3:13 AM EST for this Starlink 20 mission with 60 additional broadband satellites to the ever growing Starlink constellation. At Port Canaveral 3-9-21 during sunset Read More

In a first for any satellite navigation system, Galileo has achieved a positioning fix based on open-service navigation signals carrying authenticated data. Intended as a way to combat malicious ‘spoofing’ of satnav signals, this authentication testing began at ESA’s Navigation Laboratory – the same site where the very first Galileo positioning fix took place back Read More

With the need for satellite data to be received more frequently for faster weather forecasting updates in the Arctic, ESA has signed a contract with OHB Sweden to a build prototype satellite for the Arctic Weather Satellite mission. This prototype is the forerunner of a potential constellation of satellites that would supply an almost constant Read More

This image captures about 80% of the test flight. The other 20% off camera is when Starship SN10 was hovering at 10 kilometers and slowly moving west just up and out of the camera view. Spacex is getting very close to landing these Starship prototypes. They lost three Starships currently SN8,SN9 & SN10. It's estimated Read More

This image was captured while NASA’s Perseverance rover drove on Mars for the first time on March 4, 2021. One of Perseverance’s Hazard Avoidance Cameras (Hazcams) captured this image as the rover completed a short traverse and turn from its landing site in Jezero Crater. NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover performed its first drive on Read More

ESA’s first online space physicians training course took place from 21–22 January 2021, attracting over 50 participants from across Europe and the world. Usually conducted in person at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, the annual course is run by ESA’s space medicine team and gives medical doctors the opportunity to learn more about Read More

SpaceX launched and landed their prototype test vehicle Starship SN-10 but was destroyed in an explosion and fire on the landing pad at Boca Chica Texas just after 5 PM CST. read our report here with photos from launch http://www.spacenews.lu/spacex-prototype-test-vehicle-starship-sn10-on-march-3rd/ photos Scott Schilke Read More

On March 3rd 2021 SpaceX launched and landed their prototype test vehicle Starship SN-10 but was destroyed in an explosion and fire on the landing pad at Boca Chica Texas just after 5 PM CST. Earlier in the day during the first launch attempt the rocket ignited it's three Raptor test engines and automatically aborted Read More