Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, claims the satellites will be barely visible when they're in their final orbits. But many astronomers still worry the satellites could produce harmful light pollution that affects science observations.
The booster, which is designed to be reused up to 10 times, was caught Monday by SpaceX's drone ship, Of Course I Still Love You , in the Atlantic Ocean. It touched down in the middle of the landing pad without missing a beat. SpaceX planned to catch the nose cone with drone ships as well, but due to rough sea conditions the company decided to retrieve the nose cone with two drone ships after it splashed down into the ocean.
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Grab your family and friends and take a picture with Orbit | abc13.com
China sends five satellites into orbit via single rocket - Xinhua | English.news.cn
The five new remote-sensing Ningxia-1 satellites are launched by a Long March-6 carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Nov. 13, 2019. The five Ningxia-1 satellites were sent into planned orbit here on Wednesday. The satellites are part of a commercial satellite project invested by the Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co., Ltd. and will be mainly used for remote sensing detection. (Photo by Zheng Taotao/Xinhua)
The satellites and carrier rocket were developed by the DFH Satellite Co., Ltd. and the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology.
Distant Worlds Under Many Suns - SpaceRef
The nearest exoplanet Proxima Centauri b is situated in a multiple star system. This is what the system might look like when seen from the planet's surface (artist's impression). CREDIT (Photo: ESO/M. Kornmesser)
And if there are, what might they look like? In a bid to answer these fundamental questions, scientists are searching space for exoplanets: distant worlds that orbit other stars outside our solar system.
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Bora Bora Seen From Orbit - SpaceRef
The French Polynesian island of Bora Bora, surrounded by the Bora Main Motu Reef, is pictured as the International Space Station orbited 257 miles above the South Pacific Ocean.
US Air Force Spaceplane Lands After Record-Breaking 780 Days in Orbit | Observer
The deal with UFOs are that they're "unidentified flying objects"—you know, as in objects that fly but can't be identified. One possible explanation: These aerial mysteries, which are the subject of an infinite amount of conspiracy theories, are actually "top secret" U.S. Air Force test planes . You know, top secret , as in the kind the military doesn't want you to know about, at least not until a few bugs are worked out.
Thus has been the case with the X-37B unpiloted spaceplane —which is no longer top secret —after spending 780 continuous days in orbit (that's almost two years in layman's terms). Just this week, the X-37B autonomously landed itself at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the same spot where it originally took off from.
Testimony of Lt. General Thomas P.
Status Report From: House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Hearing of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
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Chairwoman Horn, Ranking Member Babin and Committee Members, thank you for this opportunity to address the current state of NASA Exploration beyond low Earth orbit. I have had the opportunity to testify before this subcommittee and the full Committee many times over the past 50 years. I have always applauded this Committees continued bipartisan support and guidance over the years to insure the United States has strong world leadership in space exploration.
SpaceX rocket with satellite won't lift off from Vandenberg | San Luis Obispo Tribune
Vandenberg Air Force Base won’t be the site of a SpaceX launch carrying an array of Argentine satellites into space next year.
Instead, SpaceX will launch the mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida, marking the first time a rocket has launched into polar orbit from the East Coast in decades.
The launch was originally expected to occur from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, but has since been switched to the East Coast. It is unclear why the change was made.
Happening on Twitter
Watch live as Falcon 9 launches 60 Starlink satellites to space https://t.co/zuGjcEjNaY SpaceX (from Hawthorne, CA) Mon Nov 11 14:41:31 +0000 2019
There and back again! #SpaceX launches the F9 from Cape Canaveral with 60 #Starlink satellites. This mission mar… https://t.co/sjAg3qBsyV SuperclusterHQ (from New York, NY) Mon Nov 11 15:05:47 +0000 2019
#SpaceX launches 60 more mini satellites https://t.co/bjkC761c81 CGTNOfficial (from Beijing, China) Tue Nov 12 12:30:00 +0000 2019
SpaceX launched its second batch of 60 Starlink satellites, taking another step toward Elon Musk's vision to create… https://t.co/bkR7ZvyCq7 business (from New York and the World) Tue Nov 12 01:56:12 +0000 2019
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