https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1f/1080323715_0:88:3483:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_a01e72986336a256cb518dcde33be00e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Morgan Artyukhina . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/military/202009301080625580-long-way-off-us-space-force-will-launch-humans-into-orbit-at-some-point/ Despite its very futuristic-sounding name, service members of the US Space Force (USSF) perform their roles down here on planet Earth – at least for now, according to a senior officer at US Space Command. “At some point, yes, we will be putting humans into space,” Maj. Gen. John Shaw, head of the Combined Force Space Component Command at US Space Command, said Tuesday at an event hosted by the US Air Force’s AFWERX innovation program, according to Air Force Magazine. However, he added that it’s still “a long way off,” […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0e/1080173618_0:46:1900:1115_1200x675_80_0_0_e5207edf91ef38d8140b454ffe397133.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202008151080173651-ariane-5-rocket-heads-to-space-to-deliver-two-satellites-into-orbit—video/ The launch has been postponed several times since July due to both weather conditions and red signals on the main stage’s liquid hydrogen fuel tank during countdown. The Ariane 5 rocket will place two communication satellites into orbit, a Galaxy 30/Mission Extension Vehicle-2 for INTELSAT, and the BSAT-4b for MAXAR and the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT), along with one life-extension vehicle (Mission Extension Vehicle-2 or ‘MEV-2’), from the Guiana Space Center. The launch, originally set to take place in late July, was scrubbed due to a red signal on a fuel tank sensor during countdown. Later, the 14 […]
An Ariane 5 rocket, operated by European Launch Service provider ArianeSpace, is undergoing final preparations ahead of its 109th scheduled flight, designated VA253. The heavy lift rocket is scheduled to launch from pad Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (ELA-3) at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 21:30 UTC (17:30 EDT) on 31 July 2020, with the launch window lasting under an hour and closing at 22:16 UTC (18:16 EDT). VA253 will mark the 253rd flight of an Ariane rocket since L-01, the first flight of the Ariane 1, on 24 December 1979. The Ariane 5 rocket for today’s mission was […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007251079981008-china-successfully-launches-3-non-military-satellites-in-earths-orbit—casc/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – China on Saturday successfully launched three non-military satellites into orbit using the Long March 4B launch vehicle, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Saturday. The launch took place on Saturday morning at 11:13 am local time (03:13 GMT) from the Taiyuan launch site in Shanxi province in northern China. Within minutes, all three satellites entered the assigned orbit. The Ziyuan-III is one of a series of Chinese-developed stereoscopic satellites for mapping activities. The satellite will be used by China’s Ministry of Natural Resources. The Ziyuan-3 satellite will […]
Until February 2020, when a satellite on orbit ran out of propellant, that was the end of its life. Most major communications and military satellites are designed with prolonged lifetimes and carry enough fuel for a 15 year mission. But the struggle for some satellite operators has been that at the end of that 15 year period, satellites running out of fuel are still working perfectly well in every other regard. Therefore, perfectly good satellites have to be decommissioned. But not anymore. See Also Galaxy 30 & MEV-2, BSat-4B LIVE NGIS Public Section L2 NGIS Section Click here to Join L2 […]
The Pentagon has accused Moscow of testing a new space weapon, insisting that such “aggression” validates the importance of the US’s Space Force. In reality, however, Russia merely used a scanning device on its own satellite. The latest Cold War-style ‘Russians are coming’ scare was issued by the US Space Command chief Gen. John W. Raymond on Thursday. The force said it has “evidence” that Moscow conducted a “non-destructive test of a space-based anti-satellite weapon” on July 15, allegedly releasing an object from one of its satellites towards another. “This is further evidence of Russia’s continuing efforts to develop and test […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107979/97/1079799772_0:0:3148:1771_1200x675_80_0_0_fb28235dfde4741797a7495284169a9d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202007051079799752-soviet-era-space-junk-forced-iss-orbit-lifting-nasa-says/ Throughout its use the ISS has undergone 25 manoeuvres (with the exception of the most recent) in order to prevent potentially damaging collisions with space junk floating in orbit. The International Space Station (ISS) has lifted its orbit by 900 metres in order to evade a piece of a booster stage from a Proton-K (western designation SL-12) rocket that was used to send a Soviet-era craft into space in September 1987, NASA said. The manoeuvre was performed using the thrusters of the Russian spacecraft Progress MS-14, which had docked at the ISS […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107711/78/1077117893_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_ffc615cc2917ebe0ec2d40892a4c0086.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202006131079601578-spacex-successfully-deploys-61-satellites-into-low-earth-orbit/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – SpaceX has successfully deployed 58 additional Starlink satellites and three SkySats into low-earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9 booster which safely touched down after launch, the company said on Twitter. Saturday’s launch from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Center was the first mission that included rideshare customers, delivering payloads for two different customers. Starlink is the next-generation satellite network capable of providing Earth’s inhabitants with broadband Internet access. The project began in February 2018. In total, it plans to launch about 12,000 satellites. Another 30,000 satellites – put into orbits with altitudes […]
US 02:53 GMT 26.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107941/65/1079416589_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_944ef407459a8d876865ed43cdd8fe96.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005261079416502-virgin-orbit-says-air-launched-rocket-tests-fail/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Virgin Orbit company said the tests of the air-launched LauncherOne carrier rocket had failed. “We’ve confirmed a clean release from the aircraft. However, the mission terminated shortly into the flight”, the company said on Twitter. “Cosmic Girl aircraft has landed back in Mojave and our crew is all safe and sound”. We’ve confirmed a clean release from the aircraft. However, the mission terminated shortly into the flight. Cosmic Girl and our flight crew are safe and returning to base. — Virgin Orbit (@Virgin_Orbit) May […]
After years of development and testing, Virgin Orbit is preparing to conduct its first orbital launch attempt. The maiden flight of the air-launched LauncherOne rocket is scheduled for Monday, May 25, in a window from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PDT (17:00 to 21:00 UTC). (Lead photo via Jack Beyer for NSF/L2) The attempt was originally scheduled for Sunday, May 24, but operations were scrubbed due to a sensor issue. The rocket was fueled completely, and all other components of the countdown were proceeding smoothly prior to the scrub. Fuel was offloaded to address the sensor issue, which has since been resolved. […]
The U.S. Space Force has launched the next X-37B unmanned spacecraft into orbit for a classified mission. America’s most experienced space launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the X-37B orbital test vehicle for the U.S. Space Force at 9:14 am EDT this morning from LC-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. A live video stream of the launch showed the Atlas V lifting off into space and the separation of the rocket’s first stage from the Centaur upper stage. However, the livestream cut out afterwards due to the extreme secrecy surrounding the capabilities of the X-37B, said ULA […]