Spacecom has announced Maxar Technologies’ SSL (Space Systems Loral) has won the contract to build the AMOS-8 satellite in a blow to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) who was competing for the spacecraft contract. Spacecom was IAI’s only remaining active client. This latest telecommunications satellite is set to be launched on a Falcon 9 in 2020.
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On Monday, NASA’s Independent Review Team (IRT) published the first public report on the SpaceX…
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SpaceX is progressing well through what they hope to be their busiest year yet, conducting…
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SpaceX launched Luxembourg’s first military spacecraft on Wednesday, with a flight-proven Falcon 9 carrying the…
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KSC, Cape & Brownsville launch pads to shepherd busy launch schedules
by Ian AtkinsonAs Kennedy Space Center continues its transition to becoming a multi-user spaceport, more details are…
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SpaceX launched its first mission of 2018, involving the secretive Zuma spacecraft. The launch took…
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SpaceX conducted its final launch of 2017 Friday, with a Falcon 9 lifting off from…
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With last Friday’s successful launch of CRS-13, SpaceX marked its fiftieth orbital launch. The milestone…
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SpaceX launched a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket Friday, deploying a Dragon spacecraft on the CRS-13…
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Fifteen months after a static fire accident removed SLC-40 from operation, SpaceX is complete with…
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SpaceX has launched the Koreasat-5A communications satellite for South Korea’s KT SAT on Monday, with…
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Following the cheers and gasps of Elon Musk’s latest BFR update in Australia, SpaceX is…
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SpaceX is deep into pre-launch preparations for two upcoming missions that are set to lift…
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SpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on a Falcon 9 rocket Thursday, a key milestone…
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SpaceX launched its fortieth Falcon 9 Thursday, carrying the Formosat-5 spacecraft for the Taiwan’s National…
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After launching right on time in a rare single day launch window on Monday afternoon,…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 conducts static fire as Falcon Heavy waits in the wings
by Chris BerginSpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on the Falcon 9 set to launch the…
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With a busy year already in the books, the Eastern and Western Ranges in the…
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As the mid-way point of 2017 arrives, both of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program service providers…
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SpaceX launched Bulgaria’s first communications satellite on Friday – the first of two Falcon 9…