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• SpaceX launches 69th orbital flight of the year with Canaveral liftoff September 30, 2023 12:11 pm Orlando Sentinel - Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 took off from the 39th time from Cape Canaveral this year, marking the 49th SpaceX flight from the Space Coast and 69th orbital mission among all of its launch sites. The rocket lifted off from Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 10 p. …
• SpaceX sent more Starlink internet satellites to orbit… September 30, 2023 2:46 am TC Palm - Florida SpaceX teams had a long night Friday after the liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying another batch of Starlink internet satellites was delayed to nearly the end of a four-hour launch window at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. While no reason for the …
• Blue Origin Flights to ‘Soon’ Resume After FAA Closes Investigation September 29, 2023 11:40 pm Flying Magazine After a year of inactivity, Jeff Bezos’ space tourism venture could soon be back in orbit. This week, the FAA closed its mishap investigation into New Shepard 23, an uncrewed, suborbital cargo mission that crashed in September 2022. The investigation, …
• SpaceX to launch 22 Starlink satellites today; how to watch September 29, 2023 9:30 pm Courier News - New Jersey Look up, Florida. SpaceX teams in the Sunshine State are on track to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with another batch of the company's Starlink internet satellites on Friday night. Liftoff of the 230-foot rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral …
• Defense Watch: Starlink Competitors, Maritime Statecraft, AUSA Still On September 29, 2023 9:02 pm Defense Daily Starlink Competitors? Next Friday, Oct. 6, is the planned launch date for Amazon’s two Project Kuiper Protoflight satellites aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Station, Fla. Amazon’s Project Kuiper hopes to put 3 …
• Can Dave Limp Correct Blue Origin’s Limping Pace? September 28, 2023 11:17 pm Flying Magazine Hello, and welcome to the Future of FLYING newsletter, our weekly look at the biggest stories in emerging aviation technology. From low-altitude drones to high-flying rockets at the edge of the atmosphere, we’ll take you on a tour of the modern flying …
• Meet the Vatican Scientist Helping NASA on a Historic Space Mission September 28, 2023 10:23 pm National Catholic Register Brother Robert Macke, known to many of his colleagues as “Brother Bob,” is a Jesuit astronomer at the Vatican Observatory and one of the world’s foremost experts in the study of meteorites. So, when Dr. Andy Ryan, one of the leads for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx …
• Photos show the 3.86 billion-mile journey of OSIRIS-REx's asteroid sample mission from start to finish September 28, 2023 10:02 pm Business Insider NASA's OSIRIS-REx has been traveling for seven years to get an asteroid sample to Earth. It landed on the Bennu asteroid in 2020 and collected the sample but still had a long way home. Check out its 3.86 billion-mile journey from launch to asteroid …
• Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith to step down September 27, 2023 8:16 am SatelliteProME Smith joined Blue Origin in 2017 following a successful 13-year tenure at the aerospace conglomerate Honeywell. Bob Smith, the Chief Executive Officer of Blue Origin, will step down from his role in December. He will be succeeded by Dave Limp, an executive …
• Sierra Space raises $290M at a $5.3B valuation September 27, 2023 12:58 am TechCrunch Sierra Space has raised $290 million in a Series B round to scale its Dream Chaser spaceplane and commercial space station projects, bringing its valuation to $5.3 billion. The company has now raised $1.7 billion to date, a record-setting figure for …