Tag: SpaceX
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Crew Dragon: Everything to know about SpaceX’s first commercial crew mission
NASA and SpaceX made history on Saturday after launching and successfully docking the first commercially-built and operated crew spacecraft and rocket known as Crew Dragon to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. The first @Commercial_Crew mission arrived at the space station today when the @SpaceX #CrewDragon completed soft capture on the Harmony module at…
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First commercial crew mission, Crew Dragon arrives space station
NASA and SpaceX made history on Saturday after launching and successfully docking the first commercially-built and operated crew spacecraft and rocket known as Crew Dragon to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. The first @Commercial_Crew mission arrived at the space station today when the @SpaceX #CrewDragon completed soft capture on the Harmony module at…
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Finally, SpaceX launches long-awaited military GPS Satellite
After some major setbacks, SpaceX has finally launched into space a rocket carrying much-awaited GPS Satellite for US Military. The rocket blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Sunday, marking the space transportation company’s first national security space mission for the United States. The Falcon 9 rocket carrying a roughly $500 million GPS satellite built…
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SpaceX halts launch of $500 million GPS satellite
Elon Musk’s SpaceX halted Tuesday’s launch of a long-delayed navigation satellite for the U.S. military, postponing for at least a day the space transportation company’s first designated national security mission for the United States. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was due to take off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral shortly after 9:30 a.m. local time (1730 GMT)…
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After months of delays, US set to launch new generation of GPS satellites
The US Air Force is set to launch the first of a new generation of GPS satellites, designed to be more accurate, secure and versatile, after months of delays. The satellite is scheduled to lift off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It is the first of 32 planned GPS…
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Space exploration company’s CEO wants to move to Mars
Elon Musk, chief executive officer (CEO) of space exploration company, SpaceX has said there is “70 percent chance that he will go to Mars”. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Musk stated this in an interview with Axios on HBO on Sunday, despite a “good chance” of him not surviving either on his way or after landing. “I’m…
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Internet access: SpaceX to blanket earth with 12,000 satellites
Space exploration company, SpaceX has gotten approval from the United States (US) Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to build a full network of about 12,000 satellites intended to blanket the earth for wireless Internet access. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports SpaceX got the approval on Thursday allowing the space exploration company entrepreneur, Elon Musk to use an expanded…
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FCC approves SpaceX application for 4,425 broadband satellite network
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved an application by Space Exploration Holdings, doing business as SpaceX, to provide broadband services using satellite technology in the United States and around the world. This is as contained in FCC documents, and with this action, the Commission takes another step to increase high-speed broadband availability and competition…
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Video: Now SpaceX is reusing a different kind of spacecraft
Elon Musk’s space company doesn’t just recycle rockets; over the weekend it became the first outfit to send a ship back to orbit. SpaceX continues to get more use out of its individual rockets and spacecraft than just about any other organization in history. This time it wasn’t a Falcon 9 rocket conquering Earth’s gravity…
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SpaceX makes first US military launch, then lands rocket again
SpaceX on Monday blasted off a secretive US government satellite, known only as NROL-76, marking the first military launch for the California-based aerospace company headed by billionaire tycoon Elon Musk. The payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, which makes and operates spy satellites for the United States, soared into the sky atop a Falcon 9…