[ad_1] The booster was expected to land on a drone ship, called Of Course I Still Love You, approximately eight minutes and 24 seconds after launch. Instead, the booster made a “soft landing” in the ocean next to the ship. Falcon 9 B1056.4 has missed the drone ship. pic.twitter.com/259Yh545uy — Chris B – NSF (@NASASpaceflight) […]
Category: falcon 9
Watch SpaceX try to catch both halves of a Falcon 9 nose cone at 7:10PM ET
[ad_1] If you’ve seen footage of a rocket launch, you’ll have some sense of all the moving parts involved with trying to recover a nose cone — even if you don’t know the name of the components. The nose cone of a rocket is made up of two halves, called the payload fairing. These shield […]
SpaceX ‘rideshare’ program launches satellites for just $2.5 million
[ad_1] SpaceX is expanding its launch services to directly address the needs of small satellite operators through regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions https://t.co/jqQxEdt4xp pic.twitter.com/3gzOPxdVkW — SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 5, 2019 Rides scheduled more than a year before launch will start at $2.5 million for payloads of up to 150 kg (330 lbs) and […]
Watch SpaceX launch a twice-used Dragon capsule at 6:24PM ET (updated)
[ad_1] There will be ample cargo aboard the capsule, including an experiment for 3D-printing human tissue, a study of the effects of tissue healing in microgravity, a test for how microbes interact with rocks and a second docking adapter for new capsules like the Crew Dragon and Boeing’s Starliner. It’s also a symbolic mission. The […]
SpaceX’s Starhopper will undergo hover test next week
[ad_1] The Starhopper has already undergone two previous hop tests and shown that it can lift a few inches off a launchpad. Now the Raptor engine has been mounted to the Starhopper again so the next stage of testing can begin, with a hover test scheduled for Tuesday, July 16th. This is where the engines […]
SpaceX sues over ‘wrongly awarded’ Air Force rocket contracts
[ad_1] The firm also pointed to other criteria that it thought should have put it out front, including its ability to lower costs and offer vehicles that are “commercially viable.” Rivals, SpaceX argued, would have to “rely exclusively” on government contracts and thus drain taxpayer money. ULA was even going to rely on Russian rocket […]
Watch SpaceX launch a Falcon 9 loaded with internet satellites at 11 PM ET (updated)
[ad_1] SpaceX already revealed more about how its Starlink internet-providing satellites will work, and now it has to put the first 60 in space. According to Elon Musk, this is the heaviest payload ever for SpaceX, and each launch will “deliver 1 terabit of bandwidth to the Earth.” The launch window is scheduled to open […]
Elon Musk shows SpaceX’s first internet satellites ready for launch
[ad_1] Musk further noted that the launch timing was variable, but was “currently tracking” to May 15th (he also raised the possibility of a May 14th takeoff). He warned that “much will likely go wrong” on this first deployment, and that it would take six more similar launches to achieve “minor” broadband coverage, and twice […]