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Spacex Falcon 9 Block 5 targets 24 hour turnaround, no refurbishment reuse and relaunch a dozen times
Posted in Business on 30th Aug, 2017
by Alex Muller
The Falcon 9 Block 5 is expected to be far more reusable than the Block 3. Shotwell said a Block 5 booster could relaunch 'a dozen or so times.'
SpaceX successfully launches its 12th Falcon 9 rocket of 2017
Posted in Business on 25th Aug, 2017
by Alex Muller
Twelve launches in one year puts SpaceX ahead of its closes competitor in 2017, the Russian state space agency.
$30 billion Small Satellite market from 2017 to 2026
Posted in Hardware on 22nd Aug, 2017
by Alex Muller
More than 6,200 smallsats are to be launched in the next 10 years, with the market value expected to reach up to $30.1 billion.
NASA completes space communications network
Posted in Science on 20th Aug, 2017
by Alex Muller
NASA's next-generation orbital tracking and communications network has been completed.
SpaceXs next launch will send an HPE supercomputer to the ISS
Posted in Science on 14th Aug, 2017
by Alex Muller
Because the ISS sits outside the majority of Earths protective atmosphere, its exposed to more radiation, from solar flares and cosmic rays.