CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – A ground breaking robotic mission dubbed MRV-MEP has the goal of extending the lifetime of aging, ailing and malfunctioning satellites residing in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) and is aiming for liftoff on atop a veteran SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 21 from the Florida Space Coast. This flight also counts as a very
SPACE VIEW PARK, TITUSVILLE, FL – We watched an “absolutely beautiful” night launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 hurling the 7.5 ton SiriusXM SXM-11 radio-broadcasting satellite mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit on Sunday night, June 28, from Space View Park in Titusville, FL along the Indian River lagoon into nearly cloud free and moonlit skies above. Space View Park was
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – After a two-day delay when last minute poor weather intervened to scrub liftoff, spectators were thrilled to watch the first SpaceX Falcon Heavy to sail skyward in over a year and a half from Florida’s Space Coast to deliver a massive next generation commercial communications satellite to orbit for Viasat. Liftoff of the 12th SpaceX
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL – In what may be the last launch for a while from the military run Eastern range at Cape Canaveral due to ever expanding threats from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the most powerful version of the venerable Atlas V rocket manufactured by rocket builder United Launch Alliance (ULA) is poised