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The Indian Space Research Organization is preparing to launch 36 internet satellites for OneWeb, as the British company seeks to complete its first constellation and enable global-wide service. It’s one of several important launches planned for the coming week.OneWeb won’t be the only company launching internet satellites to orbit this week, with SpaceX also planning to add to its satellite fleet. Over in Russia, a classified payload appears set to go, in what is another busy week in spaceflight. As always, the dates and…

SpaceX is getting ready for another double-duty launch day launching two Falcon 9 rockets on Friday, just hours apart. The first liftoff is scheduled for Friday at 3:26 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where a Falcon 9 will carry the latest batch of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites to orbit. Later on in the day, another Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch at 7:38 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, delivering SES-18 and…

SpaceX’s 25th commercial resupply cargo mission lifting off on July 14, 2022.Photo: SpaceXNASA and SpaceX are gearing up to launch a cargo capsule carrying research and supplies for the crew on board the International Space Station (ISS). You can watch the rocket liftoff live right here.SpaceX’s 27th commercial resupply mission (CRS-27) will launch on Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Meteorologists with the launch center’s Weather Squadron are predicting an 80%…

An illustration of the EYE nano-satellite in Earth orbit. Illustration: SonyJapanese company Pale Blue pulled off the first test of its experimental water vapor propulsion system, flying a nano-satellite for the first time in space using an environmentally friendly, cost-efficient propellant. The water-based thrusters fired off for about two minutes on March 3, and data confirmed that the engine’s initial test was successful, the company announced on Monday. The propulsion system was tested on Sony’s first satellite for…

Depiction of NASA’s Artemis 3 mission.Image: NASA Visualization StudioThe coming week is poised to be an exciting one for rocket lovers, with no less than seven launches planned in the next seven days. It’s also the week when when finally get to see what NASA’s Artemis Moon suits will look like. Terran 1, Electron, Falcon 9, these are a few of our favorite things. These rockets are all poised to take to the skies this week, but whether they’ll all get a chance to fly remains an open question. Third time is hopefully the…

A satellite-on-satellite view of the fully deployed Starlink V2 Mini in orbit. Image: HEO RoboticsSay cheese: a newly deployed Starlink V2 satellite unknowingly posed for an orbital snapshot captured by a satellite imaging company. The photo revealed the new look of the miniature satellites in action, which SpaceX is hoping will increase the broadband capacity of its internet constellation.This week, Australia-based HEO Robotics released a fuzzy image of one of SpaceX’s next-generation satellitesin low Earth orbit. “This…

Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX launched a four-person crew on a trip to the International Space Station early on Thursday, with a Russian cosmonaut and United Arab Emirates astronaut joining two NASA crewmates on the flight.The SpaceX launch vehicle, consisting of a Falcon 9 rocket topped with an autonomously operated Crew Dragon capsule called Endeavour, lifted off at 12:34am EST (11:04am IST) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.A live NASA webcast showed the 25-story-tall spacecraft ascending…

Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX was ready to try again at sending NASA's next long-duration crew of the International Space Station to orbit on Thursday, about 72 hours after a first attempt was scrubbed due to a clogged filter in the launch system. Two NASA astronauts will be joined by a Russian cosmonaut and an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates for a six-month science mission made up of experiments ranging from human cell growth in space to controlling combustible materials in microgravity. The SpaceX launch…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket standing at the Florida launch pad. Photo: NASA/Joel KowskyFollowing a last-minute scrubearly Monday morning, SpaceX is set to transport four astronauts to the International Space Station. You can catch the action live right here.The four astronauts, two from NASA and the others from Russia and the United Arab Emirates, were all set to go earlier this week, but a problem with the Falcon 9’s engine ignition system forced controllers to issue a scrub with a little over two minutes left in the…

Photo: SpaceXOn Sunday, SpaceX revealed new details about its V2 Minis in a series of tweets. The upgraded Starlink satellites are equipped with more powerful antennas and high-speed frequencies, allowing them to provide roughly four times greater capacity per satellite compared to the earlier versions, according to SpaceX.The V2 Minis will use argon-fueled Hall thrusters, a cheaper alternative to the xenon propellant that’s typically used, according to SpaceX. The company says this marks the “first time ever that argon…