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SPACEX WILL LAUNCH ANOTHER SET OF STARLINK SATELLITES We just don't know when quite yet.
Starlink 14: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 15th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 14. The launch will take place from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's SLC-40
SPACEX, USING THEIR FALCON 9, HAS SCHEDULED NUMEROUS LAUNCHES FOR "STARLINK", BUT WHAT IS THAT?
SpaceX's Starlink megaconstellation is designed to provide global broadband coverage for high-speed internet access, particularly for people in rural and remote areas. Each of the flat-panel Starlink satellites weighs roughly a quarter-ton and are built in-house at a SpaceX facility in Redmond, Washington. (The company also manufactures its own own user terminals and ground stations.) While SpaceX expects its initial set of Starlink satellites to be 1,440 strong, the company has plans to launch thousands more. Company founder and CEO Elon Musk has said SpaceX needs between 500 and 800 satellites in orbit before service can begin to roll out. SpaceX is inching closer and closer to that goal, as it has delivered nearly 800 into orbit so far.
The Federal Communications Commission has granted SpaceX permission to launch as many as 12,000 of the flat-panel broadband satellites, but SpaceX may not stop there. The company has indicated it will see approval to launch as many as 30,000 of its internet-beaming satellites to beam down high-speed, low-latency Internet signals.
UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE (ULA) HAS SET THE DELTA IV HEAVY THE NEW LAUNCH DATE AT 10:00PM ON OCT 23
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. This comes after multiple delays for the launch dating back to June. It will still be launched from Cape Canaveral's SLC-37B.
Have a look at the DELTA IV HEAVY
NASA TEST FIRES THE BOOSTER ROCKET FOR THE SLS THAT WILL BE TAKING ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON AND BEYOND
ON THE WAY TO MARS
NASA's mission to the Red Planet
Perseverance’s astrobiology mission will search for signs of past microbial life on Mars and characterize the planet's climate and geology. It will also collect rock and soil samples for future return to Earth and pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet.
"Fifty-one years ago..., NASA was deep into final preparations for the first Moon landing," said Administrator Jim Bridenstine. "Today we stand at the threshold of another monumental moment in exploration: sample collection at Mars. As we celebrate the heroes of Apollo 11 today, future generations may well recognize the women and men of Perseverance — not only for what they will achieve 100 million miles from home, but for what they were able to accomplish on this world on the road to launch."
Perseverance is scheduled to land at Mars' Jezero Crater, Feb. 18, 2021
NASA, SpaceX to Launch First Commercial Crew Rotation Mission to International Space Station
NASA and SpaceX are beginning a regular cadence of missions with astronauts launching on an American rocket from American soil to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 is the first crew rotation mission with four astronauts flying on a commercial spacecraft, and the first including an international partner.
Launch is now retargeted for November from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.