Tag: spacex
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SpaceX’s Falcon rockets might need a giant tower on wheels for US military launches
SpaceX allegedly plans to build a large portable gantry – efficiently a tower on brakes – at one of both Florida launching pads, a bid to meet vague military launching criteria necessary to secure highly profitable Falcon 9 along with Falcon Heavy launching contracts by the US government. Even though this isn’t the first time…
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How Does Starlink Work Anyway?
No matter what you believe about Elon Musk, it’s tough to deny he chooses the dictum “There’s no such thing as bad publicity” to heart. By pitching sports cars to orbit to stainless-steel destroyers, there’so little that Mr. Musk can’t turn into a net favorable for at least one of his numerous ventures, not to…
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SpaceX’s first Starship test flight imminent as rocket nosecone nears completion
Elon Musk has posted a new glimpse inside SpaceX’s South Texas Starship factory, revealing a nearly-completed rocket nosecone and indicating that the first upgraded Starship prototype’s flight debut is imminent. SpaceX teams have been working around the clock for a little over a month to build the first full-scale, flightworthy Starship prototype, a process that…
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SpaceX’s busiest month of launches ever is just around the corner
With the launch of the calendar year, SpaceX has only entered what could become the couple of weeks of Falcon 9 starts in the business history, breaking previous records for the most launches it’s performed in a month. As of now, SpaceX has scheduled to perform the first orbital and suborbital launches of 2020 –…
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SpaceX is in no rush for a Starlink IPO and that should terrify competitors
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell says that the Starlink satellite online firm is in no hurry to develop into another company and pursue an IPO, and that demeanor must terrify competitor constellations and ISPs such as OneWeb and Comcast. Founded in January 2015, SpaceX has been growing a enormous constellation of satellites capable of providing high-quality…
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SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft shown off in photo ahead of next launch
NASA has released a brand new SpaceX picture of the next Crew Dragon spacecraft scheduled for launch and confirmed that the mission is now scheduled to lift off a Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than (NET) January 18th. Known as an In-Flight Abort (IFA) test, the most incredibly challenging mission will represent a significant landmark…
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Elon Musk reveals SpaceX Starship production well underway inside new Texas factory
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has offered a fresh glimpse inside the firm ’so called rapidly-expanding South Texas Starship mill, showing the beginnings of this aircraft ’s authentic assembly line — and a wealth of spacecraft hardware. Located two or so miles from the Gulf of Mexico (and Mexico itself) at Boca Chica, Texas, SpaceX was…
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SpaceX Crew Dragon becomes one fisherman’s “catch of his life”
1 fisherman and area geek has found the “catch of his life” away from the shore of Daytona Beach at Florida following fishing the doorway of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule plus 2 parachutes. Charter boat sailors David Stokes has posted a movie of him embracing his own spectacular grab on YouTube. The Ponce Inlet…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk greets Starship Career Day hopefuls at festive event
SpaceX chief and founder Elon Musk attended the Organization ’s Career Day in the Boca Chica facility in Texas on Thursday. Musk was viewed in the Stargate building speaking with a couple of job seekers in attendance and talking to local information outlets. Twitter consumer @MartePaa shares a video of the SpaceX chief responding to…
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SpaceX’s next rocket launch on track to break a 20-month-old booster reusability record
Scheduled as early as a week, SpaceX’s next rocket launching could see the company break a 20-month-old record that’s closely combined with the reusability of its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy boosters. Unsurprisingly, that record will tag as well as one of up to two dozen Starlink satellite launches SpaceX has intended for 2020. The…