Medicine & TechnologyBinar-1 is Western Australia’s first locally-developed satellite to be sent to the ISS onboard a SpaceX rocket. This marked a significant step ahead for space technology.
SpaceX is set to launch its Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday, June 30, that will carry 88 small satellites to orbit. The rocket will land on Cape Canaveral, a first since last December.
Vandenberg has never been as busy as the US spaceports in Florida. But the growing commercial space flights pushed the west coast to plan and build infrastructures for more space launches in the future.
After a lightning strike within the ten-mile radius of Cape Canaveral launch site SpaceX postponed their 11th cargo resupply mission. This mission conducts with a refurbished Dragon cargo ship for the first time.
SpaceX has reused its first stage booster rocket to successfully launch its second mission into space. This bold attempt by Musk, SpaceX’s head, is set to promote space travel by making it affordable.