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British firm OneWeb is launching the first batch of broadband satellites into orbit since surviving bankruptcy in a bid to take on SpaceX’s Starlink network. Now jointly owned by Indian conglomerate Bharti Global and the UK government, OneWeb will launch 36 satellites at 12:26 GMT from Russia on a Soyuz rocket. The firm has a … Read more
Following months of delays, a mysterious and classified US spy satellite has been launched into orbit around the Earth on top of a massive Delta IV Heavy rocket. Blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, took place shortly after 8pm EST yesterday evening, carrying its payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office. Experts have speculated — based on … Read more
SpaceX Starship rocket exploded the moment it hit the ground following its first high-altitude flight – leaving nothing behind but debris and cloud of smoke. CEO Elon Musk had said it was unlikely that Starship serial number 8 (SN8) would land safely – and the billionaire was right. The massive rocket took off from the firm’s … Read more
SpaceX Starship rocket exploded the moment it hit the ground following its first high-altitude flight – leaving nothing behind but debris and cloud of smoke. CEO Elon Musk had said it was unlikely that Starship serial number 8 (SN8) would land safely – and the billionaire was right. The massive rocket took off from the firm’s … Read more
SpaceX Starship is to fly up 41,000ft into the air above Texas later today in the first high-altitude test flight of the massive rocket, but it is unlikely to land safely. The Starship two-stage-to-orbit heavy lift vehicle has been in development since 2012 and is designed to bring the cost of launch down by being more … Read more
Rolls-Royce’s shares rocket almost 16% as it announces plans for a post-Covid era shake-up, with smaller plane engines on the agenda A top executive said Rolls could restart making engines for smaller planes This marks a shift from the current strategy to only supply large jets The firm also announced a shake-up of its manufacturing operations … Read more
It is a mystery that puzzled scientists for months, but NASA has officially confirmed the object temporarily orbiting Earth is a discarded piece of the 1966 Surveyor 2 rocket. Dubbed 2020 SO, the object was first spotted by the Pan-STARRS survey in Hawaii on September 17 and initially classified as an asteroid. However, NASA’s top asteroid expert, … Read more
SpaceX giant 400ft Starship rocket will fly 47,000 feet into the air later this week according to Elon Musk, but there is a one in three chance it will land with a crash. The massive two-stage-to-orbit heavy lift vehicle has been in development since 2012 and could bring the average cost of launch from $51 million … Read more
Has NASA’s rocket come home? Object first spotted in September comes within 31,000 miles of Earth and is suspected to be a piece from the 1966 Surveyor 2 Object 2020 SO was spotted on a trajectory towards Earth on September 17 Some astronomers said it was an asteroid, but more research needed to be done Others … Read more
Elon Musk says first high-altitude test of SpaceX’s Starship rocket could happen as soon as Wednesday – but it only has a one-in-three chance of landing safely SpaceX Starship stands 400ft tall including its nosecone and could hold 100 Elon Musk says there is a ‘fighting chance’ it could fly to Mars as early as … Read more