AstroHawk, 23 days 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

spaceflight, 1 month 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, 3 months ago to space

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

mkwadee, 3 months ago to Astronomy

#FalconHeavy #BoostbackBurn
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240120.html

#APOD

itnewsbot, 4 months ago to Starlink

SpaceX launches two rockets—three hours apart—to close out a record year - Enlarge / SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off Thursday night from N... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1992995 #commercialspace #militaryspace #falconheavy #starlink #falcon9 #launch #spacex #space #x-37b

smtibor, 4 months ago to SpaceX

Got to watch a spectacular Falcon Heavy launch of the X-37B from my backyard tonight in south Florida.

#spacex #space #falconheavy

itnewsbot, 5 months ago to SpaceForce

Effects of Falcon Heavy launch delay could ripple to downstream missions - A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is seen outside the company's hangar at Ke... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1990914 #militaryspace #falconheavy #spaceforce #spaceplane #launch #spacex #space #x-37b

itnewsbot, 5 months ago to SpaceX

The US military’s spaceplane is about to fly again—it needs a bigger rocket - Enlarge / SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket stands on Launch Complex 39A in ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1990132 #kennedyspacecenter #falconheavy #boeing #launch #spacex #space #x-37b

AstroHawk, 5 months ago to SpaceX

"The secretive X-37B space plane is headed back into orbit with a boost from SpaceX" by @NBCNews / @DeniseChow - #SpaceX #FalconHeavy will launch #USSF #X37B #military drone spaceplane🛰️ to higher orbit than previous missions on Atlas V or Falcon 9 https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/secretive-x-37b-space-plane-headed-back-orbit-boost-spacex-rcna126147 #NewSpace

revesdespace, 5 months ago to random French

🚀 Le lancement de la navette automatique #X37B, 7e mission #OTV7, de l’US Space Force (📷), est prévu le 10 décembre prochain et ce sera sur une #FalconHeavy.
Battra-t-elle le record de la précédente mission de 908 jours dans l'espace ?
https://reves-d-espace.com/avion-spatial-x37-b-otv-6-de-retour-sur-terre-apres-908-jours-dans-espace/

revesdespace, 6 months ago to random French

🚀 La navette automatique X-37B OTV 7 sera lancée (sous le nom d'USSF-52) le 7 décembre sur un #FalconHeavy pour “l'exploitation de l'avion spatial réutilisable dans de nouveaux régimes orbitaux”
📷 United States Space Force

itnewsbot, 6 months ago to SpaceX

In a surprise move, the military’s spaceplane will launch on Falcon Heavy - Enlarge / The military's X-37B spaceplane landed last November to end t... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1982469 #usspaceforce #falconheavy #spaceplane #spacex #space #x-37b

itnewsbot, 6 months ago to SpaceX

Next year, SpaceX aims to average one launch every 2.5 days - Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket climbs into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Flor... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1977473 #falconheavy #falcon9 #launch #spacex #space

revesdespace, 7 months ago to random French

🛰️☄️ Succès du lancement de la sonde #Psyche par une #FalconHeavy.
Atterrissage réussi des 2 boosters latéraux du lanceur.
La NASA a confirmé avoir reçu le signal de la sonde après la séparation lanceur et les panneaux solaires sont déployés.

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itnewsbot, 7 months ago to SpaceX

NASA is about to launch a mission of pure discovery to a metal asteroid - Enlarge / NASA's Psyche spacecraft is cocooned inside the payload shrou... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1975180 #falconheavy #solarsystem #asteroid #launch #psyche #spacex #space #maxar #nasa

codewiz, 7 months ago to SpaceX

I'm here at Cape Canaveral for the Falcon Heavy launch that will carry NASA's Psyche probe in less than 1h.

You can watch the unofficial livestream here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr6XMnH_7RE
#spacex #falconheavy #psyche #space

AstroHawk, 7 months ago to SpaceX

"#SpaceX’s #FalconHeavy rocket is about to become a workhorse for #NASA" by @arstechnica / @StephenClark1 - Starting with #Psyche🛰️ #asteroid probe launch scheduled Thursday, NASA is customer or involved in 9 of 10 FH🚀 launches in upcoming years https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/nasas-falcon-heavy-era-begins-this-week-with-launch-of-asteroid-mission/ #NewSpace

itnewsbot, 7 months ago to space

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is about to become a workhorse for NASA - Enlarge

You can consider this the start of NASA's Falcon Heav... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1974372 #falconheavy #space #nasa

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to science

SpaceX broke its record for number of launches in a year - Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off August 31 from Space Launch Compl... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1965920 #falconheavy #elonmusk #science #spacex #space

revesdespace, 9 months ago to random French

🚀 Une #coiffe longue de #FalconHeavy est en train de subir des tests de compatibilité électromagnétique au centre NASA Glenn dans l’Ohio. Ce type de coiffe sera utilisé sur le lanceur pour lancer les 2 premiers modules de la station #LunarGateway prévus en 2024
📷 NASA Launch Space Program
#espace #exploration #Lune

stshank, 9 months ago to SpaceX

SpaceX's massive Falcon Heavy Rocket successfully launched Hughes' massive Jupiter 3 satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit last night more than 28000km up in space. That should mean better rural broadband in the 4th quarter with quadrupled download speeds. I'm guessing that'll cost a lot more, though.

#satellite #broadband #SpaceX #FalconHeavy
https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/spacex-launches-enormous-satellite-for-faster-rural-broadband/

spaceflight, 9 months ago to random

#FalconHeavy 7th flight : The #launch 🚀 window opens at 03:04 UTC on 📆 July 29. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ixbPMe6684

The bus-sized 🚌 Jupiter 3 will quadruple Hughes' broadband speeds https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/spacex-set-to-launch-enormous-satellite-for-faster-rural-broadband

spaceflight, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to random

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spaceflight, 1 year ago to space

🇪🇺 "Normally, selecting the #launch #provider for communication #satellites that cost eight or nine figures is accompanied by a press release and plenty of celebration. That the #European #SpaceAgency, #Eutelsat, #Airbus, and #Thales #Alenia said next to nothing until the last moment says a lot about how all parties involved #really #feel about transferring three of their satellites onto #SpaceX #rockets. All three were #intended to launch on #Ariane #rockets" https://www.teslarati.com/european-spacecraft-spacex-falcon-9-launches

📆 January 5, 2023 The #French 🇫🇷 #aerospace industries association, #GIFAS, said #Europe’s 🇪🇺 #launch sector was in an “unprecedented #crisis situation” with the delayed availability of #Ariane 6 and the recent failure of the medium-lift #Vega-C rocket https://www.spaceintelreport.com/two-uncomfortable-truths-europes-launch-sector-is-in-crisis-and-no-one-knows-how-to-end-it/

#SpacePolitics #SpaceAgency #SpaceLogistics #RocketScience #ArianeSpace #ESA #EUspace

spaceflight, 1 year ago to random

@guardian 📆 Sun 13 Nov 2022 #SLS start 1.04 am EST (6.04 am GMT) Wednesday, #launch #cost : "Analysts, including Nasa’s own inspector general, see the #Artemis program’s $93bn 💰 #price tag, including $4.1bn for each of the first launches, as #unsustainable" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/13/nasa-artemis-1-rocket-moon-launch-next-week

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SLS_on_39B_ahead_of_launch_(cropped).jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starship_%26_Moonset.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Price_Tag_Flat_Icon_Vector.svg

#LaunchCost