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NASA SUCCESSFULLY UPGRADES SPACE STATION'S POWER SYSTEM AFTER EFFORTS OF SEVERAL YEARS NASA SUCCESSFULLY UPGRADES SPACE STATION'S POWER SYSTEM AFTER EFFORTS OF SEVERAL YEARS - After 13 different astronauts conducted 14 spacewalks over several years, the primary power system of the International Space Station (ISS) has now been fully upgraded to lithium-ion technology, NASA has said. The space station's primary power system originally used nickel-hydrogen batteries for storage, the US space agency said on Tuesday.   More
(Source: The Weather Channel - Feb 5)


SATELLITE SPOTS SPACEX'S STARSHIP SN9 FROM SPACE AHEAD OF EXPLOSIVE TEST FLIGHT SATELLITE SPOTS SPACEX'S STARSHIP SN9 FROM SPACE AHEAD OF EXPLOSIVE TEST FLIGHT - New satellite imagery shows SpaceX's Starship prototype poised on the launch pad ahead of its high-altitude test flight Tuesday (Feb. 2), which saw the prototype crash-land after successfully completing complex maneuvers in flight. A SkySat satellite operated by the San Francisco-based company Planet captured high-definition satellite images of Starship SN9 at the company's South Texas site, near the Gulf Coast, hours before the launch.   More
(Source: Space.com - Feb 5)


SPACEX SAYS ITS STARLINK SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE NOW HAS OVER 10,000 USERS SPACEX SAYS ITS STARLINK SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE NOW HAS OVER 10,000 USERS - SpaceX disclosed in a public filing on Thursday that its Starlink satellite internet service now has “over 10,000 users in the United States and abroad.” “Starlink’s performance is not theoretical or experimental ... [and] is rapidly accelerating in real time as part of its public beta program,” SpaceX wrote in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission.    More
(Source: CNBC - Feb 5)


ROBOT SATELLITE SWARMS INCREASE COMMUNICATION POSSIBILITIES ROBOT SATELLITE SWARMS INCREASE COMMUNICATION POSSIBILITIES - A NASA mission now underway after a January launch will be an experiment to maximize the effectiveness of CubeSats by demonstrating how they might track and communicate with each other. This is a crucial step toward development of swarming satellites, which could number in the thousands and work cooperatively to aid in communications, imaging, and forecasting tasks.   More
(Source: ZDNet - Feb 4)


THE SPACE TOURISM WE WERE PROMISED IS FINALLY HERE—SORT OF THE SPACE TOURISM WE WERE PROMISED IS FINALLY HERE—SORT OF - SpaceX weathered through the onset of the covid-19 pandemic last year to become the first private company to launch astronauts into space using a commercial spacecraft. It’s poised to build on that success with another huge milestone before 2021 is over. On Monday, the company announced plans to launch the first “all-civilian” mission into orbit by the end of the year. Called Inspiration4, the mission will take billionaire Jared Isaacman...   More
(Source: MIT Technology Review - Feb 4)


SPACEX WILL LAUNCH 2 STARLINK MISSIONS IN 2 DAYS STARTING THURSDAY. WATCH THEM LIVE! SPACEX WILL LAUNCH 2 STARLINK MISSIONS IN 2 DAYS STARTING THURSDAY. WATCH THEM LIVE! - SpaceX will launch its next batch of Starlink satellites on Thursday (Feb. 4), as part of a potential launch doubleheader that will further expand the company's satellite-internet fleet, and you can watch the action live online. The Hawthorne, California-based company is planning to launch back-to-back Starlink missions, lofting two batches of 60 Starlink internet satellites on two different Falcon 9 rockets.    More
(Source: Space.com - Feb 4)


ROCKET START-UP ASTRA TO GO PUBLIC IN RACE FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE ROCKET START-UP ASTRA TO GO PUBLIC IN RACE FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE - The rocket start-up Astra plans to go public, the company announced Tuesday, raising $500 million to bolster its position in the burgeoning market for space transportation. In a deal valued at $2.1 billion, Astra would become the first publicly traded company dedicated to delivering satellites into Earth’s orbit. The Alameda, Calif.-based rocket-maker intends to go public through a merger with a blank-check company, or what’s known as a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), which acts as a financial vehicle to bypass the traditional IPO process.   More
(Source: Washington Post - Feb 3)


CHINA LAUNCHES A TRIO OF RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITES FROM GOBI DESERT CHINA LAUNCHES A TRIO OF RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITES FROM GOBI DESERT - China added to its space reconnaissance capabilities with the launch of a trio of satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center last week. A Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert on Friday (Jan. 29) at 12:47 p.m. local time (0447 GMT; 11:47 p.m. Jan. 28 EST), according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC), China's main space contractor.   More
(Source: Space.com - Feb 3)


SPACEX STARSHIP PROTOTYPE LOST IN TEST FLIGHT LANDING MISHAP SPACEX STARSHIP PROTOTYPE LOST IN TEST FLIGHT LANDING MISHAP - SpaceX launched a prototype Starship rocket Tuesday from its Boca Chica, Texas, flight facility, successfully sending the silver booster up to an altitude of about six miles as planned. But the unpiloted test flight ended with a spectacular explosion when the rocket failed to right itself and slow down enough for a tail-first landing.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Feb 3)


SPACEX, NASA TARGET APRIL 20 FOR NEXT CREW DRAGON LAUNCH TO SPACE STATION SPACEX, NASA TARGET APRIL 20 FOR NEXT CREW DRAGON LAUNCH TO SPACE STATION - SpaceX will launch the Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station on a Crew Dragon capsule no earlier than April 20, according to a statement from NASA. The four astronauts on board the Crew Dragon will blast off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a Falcon 9 rocket to embark on a stay of about six and a half months in orbit.   More
(Source: Space.com - Feb 2)

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