Main Engine Cut OffAir Force Begs ULA to Bid on Next GPS III Launch
Here’s hoping they don’t “bend over backwards” on this one.
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Inmarsat Switching From Falcon 9 to Heavy?
While this is posed as an option to help get Inmarsat’s payload off the ground sooner, this is an interesting decision for SpaceX to make in the future, as Falcon Heavy is flying regularly and they are reusing cores.
T+15: More SLS Roadmap Details, and Landed Falcon 9 Static Fires
The roadmap for SLS got a little murkier this week thanks to some additional details in the GAO report regarding its cost and schedule. SpaceX test fired a landed core three times in three days last week, paving the way for reuse of the CRS-8 core.
SpaceX Fires JCSAT-14 Core Again
Reports out of McGregor—posted over on the SpaceX Facebook group—that SpaceX has fired the JCSAT-14 core again, for over two minutes. It’ll be very interesting to watch how many times they run this core through tests. That was an extremely quick turn around between full-duration tests, so things must be going well.
SpaceX Conducts Full-Duration Static Fire of JCSAT-14 Core
Yesterday, SpaceX completed a full-duration static fire of the JCSAT-14 core.
SpaceX to Launch Iridium Next Satellites from Vandenberg on September 19
After a few months of work on SLC-4E at Vandenberg, SpaceX looks ready to pick up flights from there this fall. I haven’t heard too much lately about their work on the landing pads out west, but we should be seeing some of that soon, too.
Rundown of First Two Days of NASA Advisory Council
Great rundown by Doug Messier of Parabolic Arc on the first two days of the NASA Advisory Council meetings. The full council meets Thursday and Friday.
Why the Falcon 9 Creates Three Sonic Booms
Scott Johnson with Spaceflight Insider got in touch with SpaceX about the signature sonic booms of Falcon 9.
T+14: The Post-EM-1 Roadmap for SLS, and Potential Uses for SpaceX’s BFR
Before Mars and exploration-centric talk, I talk about Orbital ATK’s agreement for exclusive use of LMP-103S. Then I take a hard look at the post-EM-1 roadmap for SLS, and theorize some potential uses for SpaceX’s giant Mars-bound rocket—lovingly referred to as the Big F…alcon… Rocket (BFR).
Countdown to Liftoff
A former resident talks about SpaceX’s plans for—and construction of—their own commercial spaceport near Brownsville, Texas. Pretty interesting to read about the social and economic collision that is happening straight from someone with great perspective on it. The new spaceport will be launching Falcon 9 and Heavy, and presumably the insanely huge Mars rocket—often called the Mars Colonial Transporter—that SpaceX is due to unveil in September.