GAO Decision on Blue Origin Protest Over LC -39A “Blue Origin, LLC, of Kent, Washington, protests the actions of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in connection with its […]
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SpaceX Launches SES-8
SpaceX Launches SES-8 “SpaceX launched the SES-8 satellite this evening on a Falcon 9.1 rocket. Launch occured as the window opened at 5:41 pm ET. Second stage reignition and burn […]
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SES 8 Launch Scrubbed After Two Attempts
Keith’s note: The launch of SES 8 by SpaceX was called off after two attempts to launch tonight. Both countdowns got down to within seconds of a launch. The Falcon […]
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Video: Next Gen Falcon 9 Launch
Video of SpaceX Next Gen Falcon 9 Launch “This video of the Next Gen Falcon 9 Demonstration Flight includes video footage of the first stage re-ignition done as part of […]
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SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 v1.1 on Maiden Flight
SpaceX Launch Update: This Sunday SpaceX will attempt to launch the first Falcon 9 v1.1. While similar to the original Falcon 9, the upgraded version sports the more powerful Merlin […]
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SpaceX Statement on Shared Use of LC-39A (Update)
According to SpaceX on 20 Sep: “SpaceX has nearly 50 missions on manifest to launch over the proposed 5 year lease period and we can easily make use of the […]
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Crunch Time for Commercial Launch Providers
A critical time for commercial launch providers, The Space Review “For a time last week, it looked like we would be in the midst of an unusually concentrated period of […]
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SpaceX Demonstrates New Immersive Design Tool (Video)
Elon Musk Wants to Build the Iron Man Hologram UI For Real, Gizmodo “The hologram interfaces Tony Stark uses in Iron Man are awesome, no doubt. But they also aren’t […]