spaceflight, 1 year ago to hongkong A #HongKong 🇨🇳 -based company will build and operate a #spaceport covering at least ten square kilometres (four square miles) in #Djibouti 🇩🇯. The facility will include seven #launchpads and three #rocket 🚀 testing pads. Djibouti has much to offer. It is not far from the #equator, where the #Earth 🌍 rotates fastest, giving rockets a boost. Access to the sea would enable clients to #import rockets and other bulky equipment by #ship 🚢. They could also #launch eastwards over the #ocean, minimising risks for people in surrounding areas while taking advantage of the Earth’s #rotation https://www.economist.com/china/2023/01/19/a-planned-spaceport-in-djibouti-may-give-china-a-boost image/jpeg
A #HongKong 🇨🇳 -based company will build and operate a #spaceport covering at least ten square kilometres (four square miles) in #Djibouti 🇩🇯. The facility will include seven #launchpads and three #rocket 🚀 testing pads.
Djibouti has much to offer. It is not far from the #equator, where the #Earth 🌍 rotates fastest, giving rockets a boost. Access to the sea would enable clients to #import rockets and other bulky equipment by #ship 🚢. They could also #launch eastwards over the #ocean, minimising risks for people in surrounding areas while taking advantage of the Earth’s #rotation https://www.economist.com/china/2023/01/19/a-planned-spaceport-in-djibouti-may-give-china-a-boost
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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
🇪🇺 "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, 5 months ago #SpaceX ends the year with 98 9️⃣8️⃣ flights, including 91 #Falcon9, five #FalconHeavy rockets, and two test launches of #Starship. These flights were spread across four #LaunchPads* in #Florida, #California, and #Texas https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/12/spacex-launches-two-rockets-three-hours-apart-to-close-out-a-record-year/ 🗺️ https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1FnG
#SpaceX ends the year with 98 9️⃣8️⃣ flights, including 91 #Falcon9, five #FalconHeavy rockets, and two test launches of #Starship. These flights were spread across four #LaunchPads* in #Florida, #California, and #Texas https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/12/spacex-launches-two-rockets-three-hours-apart-to-close-out-a-record-year/