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SUCCESSFUL  LAUNCH Sun • February 20th, 2022   Falcon 9 Black 5 — Starlink Group 4-8 | Spacex Launch Time: 15:00 UTC |8:30 PM - 12:30 AM SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of satellites for spaceX's Starlink broadband network. Payload Capacity Launch Cost: $52000000 Low Earth Orbit :22800 kg Family Full Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 Family: Falcon Specifications Length: 70.0 m Diameter: 3.65 m Launch Mass: 549 T Launch Location: SLC-40 Space Force Base Cape Canaveral, Florida  WATCH LIVE LAUNCH 

SUCCESSFUL  LAUNCH Sat •  February 19th, 2022 Antares 230+ —   Cygnus CRS NG-17 Launch Time:11:09 PM |  17:39 UTC Cygnus NG-17 is a northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station under a commercial contract with NASA to provide resupply services. The rocket will fly in the Antares 230 configuration, with two engines of the first stage RD-181 and the second stage Castor 30. OVERVIEW • COUNTRY: UNITED STATES • DESTINATION: booster LAUNCH HISTORY NUMBER OF LAUNCHES:15 • SUCCESSFUL : 14 • UNSUCCESSFUL: 1   Launch Site: Launch Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia                                                      WATCH LIVE LAUNCH 

Images source:  ISRO The launch of the PSLV C-52 satellite should take place from the launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Center on the island of Sriharikota in the Bay of Bengal The Indian Space & Research Organisation (ISRO) has scheduled the launch of the PSLV C-52 satellite to observe the Earth's surface on February 14. It will be the first spacecraft launched in India in 2022, the Hindu newspaper reported on Wednesday. The launch of the satellite should take place from the launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Center on the island of Sriharikota in the Bay of Bengal. PSLV C-52 with a launch weight of 1,170 kg will be launched into a sun-synchronous polar orbit with an altitude of 529 km. The satellite is designed for radar imaging and transmission of high-quality images of the earth's surface in the interests of the Indian Ministry of Agriculture. As previously reported by the Minister of State of Science and Technology of India Jitendra Singh, in 2022 ISRO plans to ...

  Images source:  ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation’s first launch mission of 2022 is slated for February 14, with PSLV-C52 orbiting an earth observation satellite (EOS-04). The launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C52) is scheduled at 05:59 hours on Monday from the First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency said. PSLV-C52 is designed to orbit the EOS-04, weighing 1710 kg, into a sun synchronous polar orbit of 529 km, ISRO said in an update. PSLV-C52 mission will also carry two small satellites as co-passengers. They are: student satellite (INSPIREsat-1) from Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology (IIST) in association with Laboratory of Atmospheric & Space Physics at University of Colorado, Boulder, and a technology demonstrator satellite (INS-2TD) from ISRO, which is a precursor to India-Bhutan Joint Satellite (INS-2B). EOS-04 is a Radar Imaging Satellite designed to provide high q...

 Elon Musk is "absolutely sure" that the new Starship spacecraft, designed for flights to the Moon and Mars, will reach Earth orbit for the first time in 2022, Reuters writes, citing the entrepreneur's speech at his company's Star Base in Boca Chica, Texas. "For now, I'm absolutely confident that we'll put Starship into orbit this year," Musk said. The SpaceX founder admits that his team faced difficulties in developing Raptor 2 engines for its Super Heavy super-heavy rocket. Musk explains that one of the main problems was the melting inside the chambers of the engines from strong heat. However, according to him, the company is "very close to solving this problem" and he expects that by next month production will be increased to 7-8 engines per week, and by the end of the year a new Starship and a launch vehicle will be produced monthly. However, SpaceX may face another problem. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is now conducting an...

The space launch of the rocket of the California startup Astra Space, held on Thursday, was unsuccessful. The launch vehicle could not bring the payload into the given orbit due to technical malfunctions. This was reported on the company's Twitter page     Image Source: Astra.com About three and a half minutes after launch, the first stage of the launch vehicle separated automatically. Despite turning on the second stage engine, it began an uncontrolled rotation. After a few seconds, communication with the stage was interrupted. We are deeply sorry to our customers @NASA and the small satellite teams. More information will be provided after we complete a data review. — Astra (@Astra) February 10, 2022 "We encountered problems during today's launch, as a result of which the payload was not put into orbit," Astra Space said in a statement. Launch Vehicle 0008, also known as Rocket 3.3, lifted off yesterday from SLC-46 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 23:00 Moscow time. I...

Today we posted   photos and videos that showed the assembly process of the Starship rocket with both stages. As a result, SpaceX managed to successfully install a prototype of the Starship 20 spacecraft on the Super Heavy Booster 4 launch vehicle using a 140-meter tower for servicing Starship with robotic manipulators called Megazilla. This tower will be used to "catch" the Super Heavy launch vehicle and the Starship spacecraft on landing. In August last year, SpaceX first assembled a full-fledged prototype of the Starship rocket, after which it was disassembled for further tests. But if at that time the rocket was assembled just to check how well Starship and Super Heavy connect to each other, this time the rocket was assembled before the first orbital launch. It was supposed to take place before the end of last year, but the local regulator did not issue SpaceX a permit. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) now has until Feb. 28 to issue the permit. The lau...