by David Todd | Oct 9, 2012 | Seradata News
Slow motion film footage released by Space X (Space Exploration Technologies) appears to show the Merlin 1c engine “letting go” emitting hot gases and eventualy causing debris to fall away. SpaceX notes that the engine stayed intact...
by David Todd | Sep 13, 2012 | Seradata News
Launch provider Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and the commericial satellite operator SES announced an agreement on 12 September for the launch of three additional SES satellites on Falcon 9 or Falcon Heavy rockets. This launch...
by David Todd | Jul 12, 2012 | commercial launch services, Orion, Russia
The Minister of State for Universities and Science, the Rt Hon David Willetts MP used the Farnborough International Air Show to announce the new ‘Civil Space Strategy’ setting out the direction for the UK space sector over the next four years. With the UK...
by David Todd | Jun 26, 2012 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, Seradata News, SpaceX
On the successful firing of its Merlin 1D engine, Space Exploration Technologies, with more than a note of self congratulation, states that the “enhanced design makes the Merlin 1D the most efficient booster engine ever built” further noting that...
by David Todd | May 30, 2012 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News
Flushed with success after its Falcon 9/Dragon launch to the International Space Station, the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) firm which was set up by former internet entrepreneur Elon Musk, has announced that it now has a commercial launch contract with...
