

The company, in its second quarter earnings release Aug. VIRGIN ORBIT REDUCES LAUNCH FORECAST WHILE INCREASING PER-LAUNCH REVENUE - Virgin Orbit now expects to perform four launches this year, at the low end of earlier projections, but with a higher per-launch revenue. The spacecraft launched from the Jiuquan space center in the Gobi Desert on top of a Chinese Long March 2F rocket ar. 4 launch, but what it’s doing remains a mystery. military’s X-37B spaceplane has logged 10 days in orbit since its Aug. ( Source: Long Beach Business Journal - Aug 17)ĬHINESE SPACEPLANE MARKS 10 DAYS IN ORBIT - A reusable Chinese spacecraft that may resemble the U.S. The upcoming mission, dubbed “The Owl Spreads its Wings,” is slated to carry a sing. 150 when its next launch window opens in mid-September. The Long Beach-based firm is now gearing up for No. ROCKET LAB PREPARES TO PUT 150TH SATELLITE IN SPACE NEXT MONTH - Since its first test launch on May 25, 2017, Rocket Lab has successfully put 149 satellites in space. RUSSIAN SPACEWALK CUT SHORT BY SPACESUIT POWER SYSTEM PROBLEM - Russian ground controllers ordered International Space Station commander Oleg Artemyev back to the airlock after data showed voltage fluctuations in his spacesuit Wednesday, cutting short a spacewalk to continue outfitting the European Space Agency’s robotic arm delivered to the complex last year. state of Florida, will have multiple uses. Pashinian said the satellite, which was launched on May 25 from Cape Canaveral in the U.S. MoreĪRMENIAN'S FIRST SATELLITE REACHES ORBIT AFTER SPACEX 'RIDESHARE' LAUNCH - Armenian's first satellite has reached Earth's orbit after launching aboard a SpaceX rocket, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has announced.

Isabella, from Broadstairs, spoke to American Kjell Lindgren for about 45 seconds as the ISS passed overhead.ĭr Lindgren said the conversation "may. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: GIRL, 8, CHATS TO ASTRONAUT ON AMATEUR RADIO - An eight-year-old girl from Kent used her father's amateur radio equipment to chat to an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
