Main Engine Cut Off

Looks like this move is solidifying, and may have interesting implications for the geostationary satellite production and launch markets.

HTV-7 arrived this morning, carrying with it a hugely-under-appreciated piece of hardware.

That’s a big step for a critically-important piece of technology. Phasor says it will be shipping its first antenna later this year or early next, so we’ll hear more on this front soon.

It seems incredibly hopeful, but if SLS were able to fly with this sort of cadence, it would certainly make the conversation around it interesting again.

“On 17 July 2018, an ancient lump from space thwacked into the Moon with enough energy to produce a brilliant flash of light. With another space rock seemingly in pursuit, a second flash lit up a different region of the Moon almost exactly 24 hours later.”

“The partnership combines the lower resolution but daily global coverage of Planet’s cubesat constellation with Airbus’ fleet of high-resolution satellites that have more limited coverage.”

The HYDROS-C propulsion unit is tiny—just 1U in size. NASA also has a nice video up showing PTD-1 in action.

Good news for Rocket Lab, and better news for Spaceflight, who seemingly had no problem filling these flights.