SpaceX aims at delivering the world\’s first fully reusable launch vehicle. Interesting concept.
Archive for September, 2011
On September 21, 2011, an Ariane-5 launch vehicle lifted off from Kourou in French Guiana with two telecommunications satellites, Arabsat-5C and SES-2. The satellites were injected into transfer orbits with perigee altitudes of 249.6 km, and apogee altitudes of 35,957 km.
On September 21, 2011, a Proton-M launch vehicle lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome with a Russian military satellite.
Juno has to perform a very smart trick when in orbit around Jupiter in order to avoid the radiation belts. The high-energy charged particle radiation can damage the onboard electronics and put an end even to unmanned space missions. Juno will come within 5,000 kilometers of Jupiter\’s upper atmosphere, below the radiation belts.
On September 17, 2011, a Proton-M/Breeze-M launch vehicle rolled out at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Proton-M will carry to orbit KOSMOS, a Russian military satellite.
Alexander Samokutyaev, Andrey Borisenko, and Ron Garan left the International Space Station onboard the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft. They have been on the station since April 6.
Read more about the International Space Station…
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