Satellite News

Just another satellite weblog

Archive for April 28th, 2021

Watch live: Tune in for Arianespace Vega and SpaceX Starlink launches tonight!

April 28th, 2021 by

An Arianespace Vega rocket will launch on its first mission since a November 2020 failure tonight (April 28) and you can watch it live online.

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

You can watch SpaceX launch new Starlink satellites on a used rocket tonight

April 28th, 2021 by

SpaceX will launch a new set of Starlink internet satellites into space on Wednesday (April 28) and you can watch it all live online.

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

China is preparing to launch three astronauts to its new space station

April 28th, 2021 by

China is getting ready to launch three astronauts on a mission to visit the first module for the country’s new space station.

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

In photos: Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins’ space missions

April 28th, 2021 by

Following his death at age 90, we look back at Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins’ colorful life in photos.

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

Astronauts and the world mourn death of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins

April 28th, 2021 by

People around the world are mourning the death of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the command module for the first-ever moon landing in 1969.

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

Elon Musk reminds us all that ‘a bunch of people will probably die’ going to Mars

April 28th, 2021 by

“Honestly, a bunch of people will probably die in the beginning,” barefoot SpaceX founder Elon Musk told XPrize founder Peter Diamandis in a recent interview about the first crewed missions to Mars.

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

SpaceX and OneWeb satellites didn’t have a close call in space after all: report

April 28th, 2021 by

It turns out that the recent “near miss” collision between two SpaceX and OneWeb internet satellites in orbit wasn’t a “close call” at all, and the satellites weren’t actually in danger of crashing, SpaceX has revealed.

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut who orbited moon, dies at 90

April 28th, 2021 by

Gemini and Apollo astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon during the world’s first lunar landing mission, has died at the age of 90.

Category: NEWS | No Comments »