SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Two Probes, Intensifying the Race to the Moon
As the private sector’s race to the moon heats up, SpaceX launched two commercial satellites carrying lunar rovers. When the California-based company’s Falcon 9 rocket launched early Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, it was carrying two probes….
From Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, SpaceX launches the Thuraya 4 satellite
On Friday, January 3, 2025, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. In the first launch of 2025, the rocket is carrying the Thuraya 4-NGS communications satellite. launch of the Space42 Thuraya 4 satellite…
China Launches Satellites for the “Laser Diamond Constellation Test”
As the nation advances its large constellation projects, China launched a group of satellites early Thursday that were probably meant to test intersatellite laser links. At 2:17 a.m. Eastern (0717 UTC) on December 12, a Long March 2D rocket with…
