JohnBarentine, 8 months ago to Starlink

What's That Huge Red Blob In The Night Sky?

This image was made by Bill Dunford (NASA JPL) at McDonald Observatory last Friday night. The red blob appears to be an induced aurora from a rocket launch, likely the 2nd stage burn of the #Falcon9 #Starlink 6-16 launch out of Canaveral at 0338 UTC on the 16th. Coincidentally, the 2.7m telescope, equipped with an IFU spectrograph, was looking in the direction of this spot as it passed overhead. It's not known yet whether the light affected the data.

revesdespace, 6 months ago to SpaceX French

🛰️🛰️ Pour sécuriser l'envoi des satellites de sa constellation #Kuiper, Amazon commande 3 lancements #Falcon9 à #SpaceX. Auparavant, ce sont uniquement des lanceurs Vulcan, New Glenn et Ariane 6 qui devaient lancer les satellites prévus mais ils sont tous en retard
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/amazon-makes-historic-launch-investment-to-advance-project-kuiper

tdp, 1 year ago to Engineering

The scale of these things just isn't comprehensible from photos alone.

#engineering #space #spacex #starship #falcon9

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spaceflight, 7 months ago to space

#LeMonde 📆 October 19, 2023 The #European 🇪🇺 #Space Summit that will be held in #Seville, Spain 🇪🇸 , on 📆 November 6 and 7 is a crucial event for the continent's technological future. The delay ⏳ of the European #launchers and the technical problems are only the tip of the iceberg. For every euro 💶 invested, #SpaceX is ten times more efficient 📊 https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2023/10/19/the-european-space-industry-needs-to-get-its-act-together-before-it-s-too-late_6187587_23.html

#ESA "Revolution Space" report 📄 https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/corporate/h-lag_brochure.pdf

#Ariane #Arianespace

revesdespace, 6 months ago to Starlink French

🚀 Nouveau lancement #Starlink (33 satellites déployés) la nuit dernière à 5h05 UTC depuis Cap Canaveral
Le premier étage de la #Falcon9 a réalisé un 11e vol.
📷 @Itsjryx

revesdespace, 6 months ago to random French

📢 Jour de lancement
🚀 #Falcon9
🛰 Satellite militaire sud-coréen du « Projet 425 » et 24 autres charges utiles
⏰ 18h19 UTC
🌎 Vandenberg, Californie
📷 SpaceX

ec_euclid, 11 months ago to random German

#ESAEuclid has successfully separated from the #Falcon9 upper stage. #Euclid is now a spacecraft and flying on its own! 🎉

MartinM, 10 months ago to TeslaMotors

I was asked why I could be anti #Musk and pro #space at the same time. Musk apparently sees it the same way and builds a #straw man: Whoever is against him is also against space travel.
#SpaceX is not Musk alone, #Falcon9, #Dragon and #Starship are the work of many outstanding engineers, scientists, technicians and managers! And SpaceX is not space travel as such. #SpaceKaren seems to have been more concerned with his fragile ego than meaningful projects in recent years.

AstroHawk, 11 months ago to space

Space telescopes at Lagrange Point L2... #NASA🇺🇸 #WebbSpaceTelescope🔭 was launched by #ESA🇪🇺 #Ariane5🚀 in Dec 2021. And now ESA's #EuclidTelescope🔭 is set to launch from Florida by #SpaceX #Falcon9🚀. The cooperation goes both ways. #space #astronomy

AstroHawk, 1 month ago to SpaceX

"SpaceX has now landed more boosters than most other rockets ever launch" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - #SpaceX successfully landed an orbital booster🚀, including from #Falcon9 & #FalconHeavy launches, for the 300th time. 👀 https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/spacex-has-now-landed-more-boosters-than-most-other-rockets-ever-launch/ #NewSpace #space #business

revesdespace, 9 months ago to SpaceX French

📢 Jour de lancement
🚀 #Falcon9
🛰 #CrewDragon avec l’équipage #Crew7 (Konstantin Borisov, Andreas Mogensen, Jasmin Moghbeli, Satoshi Furukawa)
⏰ 7h27 UTC
🌎 Kennedy Space Center, Floride
📷 #SpaceX
📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KeIAYTW8eQ

revesdespace, 9 months ago to random French

#Falcon9 / #CrewDragon / #Crew7 : Atterrissage réussi pour le premier étage qui effectuait là son premier vol

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revesdespace, 8 months ago to Starlink French

Dans les prochaines 24 heures, il devrait y avoir 2 lancements #Falcon9 avec 22 #Starlink à 1h18 UTC depuis la Floride et 21 Starlink à 7h23 UTC depuis la Californie

manyfaceted, 9 months ago to illustration

For today’s art share, I’m throwing it back to a rocket piece that started a series I’m hoping to expand! “SPACEX DM-2 LAUNCH”, 9x12”, ink on illustration board. (Prints available!)

#illustration #spacex #spacexlaunch #falcon9 #illustrationartists #spaceflight #space #nasa #spaceart #SciArt #rockets #MastoArt #MastoArtists #FediArt #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #ArtistsOfMastodon #ThrowbackThursday

A detail shot shown at an oblique angle to show the pearlescent inks of the exhaust plume of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket leaving the launch pad. Visible is the black launch tower, white “strong back” support arm, and windowed crew access arm. The bottom of the tower is obscured by the exhaust plume, seen in dark grays and golds. In the background, bold colored stripes cut diagonally behind the rocket stack from lower left to top right.

spaceflight, 4 months ago to space

#Space #LaunchCost comparison by ourworldindata.org : https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cost-space-launches-low-earth-orbit?time=1982..latest

revesdespace, 6 months ago to SpaceX French

🚀 Lancement réussi ce vendredi à 18h19 UTC depuis Vandenberg d’une #Falcon9 en Californie avec un satellite militaire d’observation sud-coréen et 24 autres passagers dont le premier cubesat irlandais, EIRSAT-1.
17e vol du premier étage.
📷 #SpaceX

AstroHawk, 5 months ago to SpaceX

"Historic #SpaceX booster destroyed due to rough seas" by @space_explored / @SethKurk - #Falcon9 1st stage booster B1058 which made its 19th orbital launch & landing (record for F9), fell over on drone ship in wind & waves. https://spaceexplored.com/2023/12/26/historic-spacex-booster-destroyed-due-to-rough-seas/ #NewSpace #weather

stfn, 5 months ago to SpaceX

You have to give SpaceX credit where credit is due. If we need to go to space, let's do it in reusable vehicles, and booster 1058 flew 19 times before getting destroyed by the ocean. As Scott points out, that is more times than the whole Saturn V program.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sG8msSS6Mg

#spacex #falcon9

revesdespace, 4 months ago to Starlink French

🚀 Après 4 reports de tir, une #Falcon9 a décollé à 0h35 UTC de Vandenberg en Californie et a placé sur orbite 22 nouveaux satellites #Starlink.
📷 SpaceX

raumfahrttutnot, 2 months ago to SpaceX German

"
MethaneSAT jetzt im Orbit, nachdem SpaceX .. Mission .. gestartet hat. .. Satellit .. von einer gemeinnützigen Umweltorganisation entwickelt .., wird Methanemissionen erkennen, .. ebnet damit den Weg für mehr Verantwortlichkeit und eine schnellere Reduzierung. Eine Pressemitteilung des Environmental Defense Fund.
"
https://www.raumfahrer.net/environmental-defense-fund-methanesat-jetzt-im-orbit/

5.4.2024

#EDF #Falcon9 #Klima #Klimawandel #Methan #MethaneSAT #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Treibhauseffekt #Treibhausgas

revesdespace, 10 months ago to Starlink French

🚀 Décollage reporté ce matin pour #Falcon9 à 5 secondes dans le compte à rebours pour le lancement de 15 satellites #Starlink.
Pas de raison donnée par #SpaceX mais il y a eu des informations lors du live sous-entendant une possible fuite sur le second étage.
SpaceX annonce un report au 20 juillet à 4h09 UTC

spaceflight, 2 months ago to SpaceX

🇪🇺 The announced delay ⏳🥱 of #Ariane6 left #SpaceX as the only viable alternative https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-signs-security-deal-us-launch-satellite-spacex-elon-musk/

#ESA #EUSPA #Europe #Spaceflight

spaceflight, 6 months ago to random

📆 Nov 15, 2023 #ULA is seeking to scale up production of the #Vulcan rocket to reach a cadence of two launches 🚀🚀 a month by the end of 📆 2025. That seems rather ambitious and might be asking a lot of suppliers, including engine manufacturer #BlueOrigin. https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/ula-chief-on-the-vulcan-rocket-the-path-to-flight-one-is-clear/

#BE4

spaceflight, 3 months ago to Japan

🇯🇵 #H3 launch success https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRfgWpM9vJg

#Jaxa #Japan #Mitsubishi

HadronCollider, 1 month ago to random

Rêves d'espace : Actualités spatiales de fin mars : ISS, Falcon 9 , et autres infos

@interessant
invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=q24F_6YiAVM

L'actualité spatiale de la dernière quinzaine de mars commentée en français : nouvel équipage à l'ISS, plein de lancements Falcon 9, la Chine qui prépare son retour sur la Lune, et bien plus encore.

#Espace #RevesEspace #ISS #Falcon9 #Chine #Lune