Rocket Report: Starship heats up in third flight; Chinese lunar launch failure
The Drive
Fri Mar 15 2024 11:00:22 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
"Frustration with Artemis’s high price tag is justifiable."
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Thu Mar 14 2024 22:30:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
On Thursday, March 14th, SpaceX completed the third Integrated Flight Test (IFT-3) of its Starship launch vehicle. Notably, IFT-3 successfully achieved the first complete ascent of the combined Starship and Super Heavy system. SpaceX demonstrated several important test objectives during an approximately 40-minute coast phase, but the Starship vehicle was ultimately lost during reentry at the end of the flight. The nominal flight path included only about half of a complete orbit around the Earth; nevertheless, Starship has demonstrated the capability to achieve orbital flight, setting the stage for its test campaign to accelerate in support of its obligations under the Artemis program.
Thu Mar 14 2024 17:26:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
U.S. regulators have approved ground rules for allowing SpaceX and other satellite operators to use radio waves from terrestrial mobile partners to keep smartphone users connected outside cell tower coverage.
Thu Mar 14 2024 15:04:33 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
SpaceX is still collecting and analyzing data from the third Starship test flight, but it is clear it scored many successes. They may have lost Starship over the Indian Ocean, […]
Thu Mar 14 2024 12:45:01 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
SpaceX launched the third test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday and reached space, as the company pushed development of the mammoth vehicle past new milestones.
Wed Dec 27 2023 18:43:44 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Japanese Earth observation company Axelspace has raised nearly $44 million to both expand its satellite constellation and provide smallsats for other applications.