SpaceX Completes Flight Test for Grasshopper Rocket
Space Exploration Technologies Inc. has completed the latest test flight for its Grasshopper autonomous vertical-takeoff and landing rocket. The Grasshopper flew 263 feet, hovered for 34 seconds and landed using a closed-loop guidance system, Wired.com reported Monday. Jason Par writes that the latest of Space X’s four test flights exceeded the recorded altitudes of previous [...]
SpaceX will launch an unmanned capsule into orbit to carry supplies and cargo to the International Space Station under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA, according to Channel News Asia. The dragon capsule will take off on March 1, 2013 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to transport about 544 kilograms of supplies to the ISS, including grapple [...]
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SpaceCom to Launch AMOS Satellite Aboard SpaceX Vehicle; Gwynne Shotwell Comments
January 31, 2013 No Comment
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Space Communication Ltd. have announced an agreement to launch the SpaceCom-built AMOS-6 satellite aboard Space X’s falcon 9 launch vehicle., according to a SpaceX statement. “Spacecom was one of our earliest supporters—SpaceX is proud to be their partner and we look forward to launching their AMOS-6 satellite,” said Gwynne Shotwell, president of [...]
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