Key Points 💰 SpaceX is no longer losing money on Starlink production. 📡 They stopped subsidizing the cost of Starlink antennas. 🛰️ This financial turnaround is due to scaling production and service expansion. 🌍 Starlink has launched over 5,000 satellites, providing global high-speed internet access. 🚀 SpaceX has turned a profit in Q1 2023. 🏞️…
Key Points 🚀 SpaceX achieves its 62nd orbital launch of the year, launching 21 Starlink satellites. 🛰️ This sets a new company record for annual launches, with four months still remaining in the year. 🌐 SpaceX leads in mass to orbit primarily due to the frequent Starlink missions. 🚀 Elon Musk’s goal is to achieve…
Key Points 💫 SpaceX is set to launch the 2nd Tranche 0 mission for the Space Development Agency on August 31st at 7:26 a.m. PT from Vandenberg Space Force Base. 🚀 The mission involves deploying 13 payloads into a Polar Orbit, constituting the 2nd flight of this small satellite constellation. 🛰️ The Space Development Agency,…
Key Points 🚀 Crew 7 successfully launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 3:27 a.m. ET (07:27 UTC). 🛰️ After a 30-hour trip, Crew 7 docked at the International Space Station’s Harmony module. 🧪 Crew 7 will spend 6 months aboard the ISS for experiments and maintenance. 👥 With Crew 7’s arrival, the ISS now…
Key Points 🚀 NASA and SpaceX are gearing up to launch Crew 7 to the ISS on Saturday at 3:27 a.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center. 🚀 Crew Dragon Endurance and Falcon 9 Booster 1081 will be used for the mission. 🚀 Crew 7 includes NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli (Mission Commander), European Space Agency astronaut…
Key Points 💥 Booster 9 performed a nominal static fire test as SpaceX approached its 2nd integrated test flight. 🚀 SpaceX conducted a spin prime test on Booster 9 after it was transported to the Orbital Launch Mount. 🛢️ Super Heavy first stage was fueled about an hour before the static fire, with a countdown…
Key Points 🚀 SpaceX has moved Booster 9 back to the Orbital Launch Mount for additional testing before its test flight. 🛠️ A vented interstage was added to Booster 9, allowing for hot staging where Starship’s engines ignite before separating from the booster. 🚀 Booster 9 was moved to the launch site using ‘chopsticks’ and…
Key Points 🚀 Rocket Lab’s ‘We Love the Nightlife’ mission launched at 11:45 a.m. NZST, deploying the Acadia satellite and showcasing flight-proven capabilities. 🛰️ Acadia is Capella Space’s advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Earth-imaging satellite, launched into a 53-degree orbital inclination. 🚀 The mission utilized a pre-flown Rutherford engine, marking a significant step towards Electron…
Key Points 🚀 NASA and SpaceX have given the green light for the Crew 7 launch after the Flight Readiness Review. 📅 The launch is scheduled for August 25th at 3:49 a.m. ET (07:49 UTC). 👩🚀 This mission will bring three astronauts and one cosmonaut to the International Space Station for around a six-month stay,…
Key Points 🚀 SpaceX installs a new hot staging ring atop Booster 9 for Starship’s stage separation method. 🛰 Hot staging involves Starship igniting its engines while still connected to Booster 9, which then separates. 🌍 The concept of hot staging is not new and has been used by Russian and older American rockets. 🔥…