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SpaceX Targets Thursday, October 1 for Falcon 9 Launch

WIL BALDWIN September 30, 2020

SpaceX is targeting Thursday, October 1 at 9:17 a.m. EDT for a Falcon 9 launch of 60 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Falcon 9’s first stage previously…

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Leonardo Joins Adelaide’s Lot Fourteen Space Precinct

WIL BALDWIN September 17, 2020

- Partners with SmartSat CRC Leonardo commits to the South Australian space ecosystem establishing a foothold for its space service business - through its subsidiary e-GEOS - in partnership with SmartSat CRC. e-GEOS is a…

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Defence Ministers of Germany and France visit Airbus in Manching

WIL BALDWIN September 17, 2020

During a visit of the Airbus premises in Manching, Europe’s largest military aviation development centre, the Defence Ministers of Germany and France, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Florence Parly, expressed their nations’ support for key European defence…

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SpaceX Launches First South-Bound Rocket From Florida in Decades

WIL BALDWIN August 31, 2020

This evening, SpaceX launched another rocket from Florida, but this vehicle took a very different kind of path than most flights from the East Coast. Rather than head eastward after launch as most Florida missions…

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Boeing Delivers Interceptor Proposal to U.S. Missile Defense Agency

WIL BALDWIN August 12, 2020

Today, Boeing [NYSE: BA] submitted its offer to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) competition, proposing a design that leverages the company’s more than 60-year track record and expertise in…

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Upcoming SpaceX Anasis-II Mission Launch Scheduled for July 20th

WIL BALDWIN July 20, 2020

SpaceX is targeting Monday, July 20 for Falcon 9’s launch of the ANASIS-II mission, which will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The primary launch…

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Airbus Solar Orbiter Ready for Close-Up With The Sun

WIL BALDWIN June 8, 2020

Currently traveling at some 105 million kilometres from Earth, the Airbus-built Solar Orbiter (SolO) is en route for an encounter to uncover the secrets of our closest star. While humankind has been studying the Sun for…

SpaceX Returns Human Spaceflight to the United States

WIL BALDWIN June 1, 2020June 1, 2020

On Saturday, May 30 at 3:22 p.m. EDT, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched Crew Dragon’s second demonstration (Demo-2) mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the next day Crew Dragon autonomously docked to…

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Boeing X-37B Launches in Second Mission for U.S. Space Force

WIL BALDWIN May 18, 2020

The Boeing [NYSE: BA]-built X-37B autonomous spaceplane today launched on top of a uniquely configured United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Boeing is the prime contractor for the X-37B spaceplane and facilitates the integration of…

Airbus Built BepiColombo Will Make Earth Fly-by on April 10th

WIL BALDWIN April 6, 2020

The Airbus built BepiColombo mission will make a fly-by past Earth on 10th April 2020 as it continues on its epic journey to Mercury. The joint European Space Agency and Japanese Space Agency spacecraft will swing…