by Bill D'Zio | May 17, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Stuff in Orbit
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 501 variant rocket launched the USSF-7 mission for the U.S. Space Force. Nestled inside the payload fairings sits the highly secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. This marks the sixth flight of the X-37B Orbital Test...
by Alessandro Prosperi | May 8, 2020 | All space related, Space Money, Stuff in Orbit
A monumental leap in solving Earth’s addiction to non-clean power sources Space-based solar power (SBSP) is the concept of collecting solar power in outer space and distributing it to Earth. A considerable fraction of...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 29, 2020 | Stuff in Orbit
Love it or hate it, Starlink might be the biggest space undertaking ever once completed. The combined mass of the Starlink satellite constellation exceeds any prior space endeavor. The SpaceX network provides global satellite Internet access will weigh in more than...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 22, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Stuff in Orbit
April 24th, 2020 marks the 50th-anniversary launch of the Chinese DFH-1 satellite. DFG-1 successfully launched on April 24, 1970, ushering China into the elite group of nations capable of developing and launching satellites into space. Although many nations in present...
by Denis Kalinin | Apr 19, 2020 | All space related, Space Agencies, Stuff in Orbit
In the previous article, we defined that the creation of the multi-modular Chinese Space Station (CSS) will allow the Chinese manned space program to reach the technological level of Russia and the United States. In this article, we will figure out how far China has...
by Bill D'Zio | Apr 14, 2020 | All space related, Stuff in Orbit
For the last nine months, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan lived and worked on the International Space Station. Morgan’s time on the ISS will come to an end when he, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, and Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos return to...
