Stephen Clark
Space Reporter at Ars Technica
Space Reporter @arstechnica, ex @SpaceflightNow | Reachable at [email protected]
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6 days ago |
arstechnica.com | Stephen Clark
The Space Force is looking for responsive launch. This week, they're the unresponsive ones. Last week, the first operational satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband network were minutes from launch at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
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1 week ago |
arstechnica.com | Stephen Clark
Zoom in over rural North Texas for a spacey surprise. Dig deep on Google Earth and you'll inevitably find a surprise or two. Maybe you're looking at far-flung islands in the middle of an ocean or checking in on something closer to home. A few years ago, online sleuths found an image of a B-2 stealth bomber in flight over Missouri. The aircraft is smeared in the image because it was in motion, while the farm fields below appear as crisp as any other view on Google Earth.
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1 week ago |
arstechnica.com | Stephen Clark
The NASA official in charge of Gateway briefed Ars on the program's challenges and achievements. In one way or another, the Lunar Gateway has lingered around the periphery of NASA's human exploration program since the Obama administration. Back then, the elements that eventually coalesced into the Gateway were geared toward a nebulous initiative to capture a small asteroid and reposition it closer to Earth.
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1 week ago |
arstechnica.com | Stephen Clark
China's approach to space junk is worrisome as it begins launching its own megaconstellations. Welcome to Edition 7.39 of the Rocket Report! Not getting your launch fix? Buckle up. We're on the cusp of a boom in rocket launches as three new megaconstellations have either just begun or will soon begin deploying thousands of satellites to enable broadband connectivity from space.
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2 weeks ago |
arstechnica.com | Stephen Clark
The Space Force wants to launch this particular GPS satellite soon, but ULA isn't ready. For the second time in six months, SpaceX will deploy a US military satellite that was sitting in storage, waiting for a slot on United Launch Alliance's launch schedule. Space Systems Command, which oversees the military's launch program, announced Monday that it is reassigning the launch of a Global Positioning System satellite from ULA's Vulcan rocket to SpaceX's Falcon 9.
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And now scrubbed for the day due to weather. Better conditions in the forecast for tomorrow evening.
NEW LAUNCH TIME. ULA Launch Director Eric Richards has instructed the team to coordinate a new launch time of 8:59 p.m. EDT (0059 UTC). That is near the very end of the available launch window today. We continue to hope the weather situation will clear. https://t.co/B8eRFjLr7d https://t.co/7ytju1WwH7
ULA's military monopoly is ancient history. Now, ULA aims to fill a "unique niche" for the Pentagon. https://t.co/T1KVewU2yF
RT @SciGuySpace: Jared Isaacman probably got the business done before a US Senate committee Wednesday. https://t.co/urXSelrByi
