Jack C.
Jack C. is Cosmic Nxws' Chief of Content as well as a student of International Relations & Economics. Jack aims to focus on China's state and private space sector and efforts.
Welcome to Weekly Dose of Space! In this week's newsletter, we'll cover the launches of the week and some of the big news of the week. We'll also look ahead into what to expect next week too! SpaceX After SpaceX's exciting week
Nov 26, 2023 5 mins
Early on the morning of November 21st, a Chŏllima-1 launch vehicle lifted off from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea carrying the Malligyong-1c satellite into a sun-synchronous orbit. The Malligyong-1c is the third military reconnaissance satellite attempted to be launched by the
Nov 22, 2023 2 mins
Recently, SpaceX quietly updated the webpage for Starship-Super Heavy's second integrated flight test clarifying the following information; * All 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy Booster started up successfully and, for the first time, completed a full-duration burn during ascent. * Starship executed a successful hot-stage separation, powering down
Nov 21, 2023 4 mins
Welcome to another Weekly Dose of Space! Your all-in-one newsletter that covers the biggest events in the past week, all of the launches this week, and what to expect next week. This week has been quite an exciting one, so let's dive in! SpaceX SpaceX had an amazing
Nov 19, 2023 6 mins
Today, the 18th of November 2023, SpaceX launched its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle for the second time ever! Starship-Super Heavy launched at the start of its window lifting off at 07:02 am Central Standard Time and continuing powered flight for a little over eight minutes! The Super Heavy booster
Nov 18, 2023 4 mins
United Launch Alliance's Tory Bruno recently hosted an 'ask me anything' on the subreddit r/ula! This article has picked out the more interesting questions that were answered by Bruno. A table has also been attached below to explain any acronyms or terms used. ULA United
Nov 17, 2023 3 mins
Very recently, the Federal Aviation Administration granted SpaceX a launch license for its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle. This comes almost seven months after the first launch attempt of SpaceX's currently in development fully reusable orbital launch system. The issuing of the launch license also comes a few hours
Nov 15, 2023 3 mins
Welcome to Weekly Dose of Space! In this week's newsletter, we'll cover the launches of the week and some of the big news of the week. We'll also look ahead into what to expect next week too! SpaceX SpaceX started its week at Starbase
Nov 12, 2023 7 mins
During the evening of the 9th of November, China launched a Long March 3B/E rocket carrying ChinaSat 6E to a geostationary transfer orbit from Launch Complex 2 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The ChinaSat 6E is a communications satellite that will reside at 115.5 degrees east in
Nov 9, 2023 2 mins
Disclaimer: This article was written on the 29th of October 2023 so some information may be outdated. This article is intended as a general explanation of Roscosmos, its International Space Station activities, operational orbital launch vehicles, and its spacecraft for International Space Station activities. Roscosmos Roscosmos is a Russian state-run
Nov 7, 2023 5 mins
Welcome to Weekly Dose of Space! In this week's newsletter, we'll cover the launches of the week and some of the big news of the week. We'll also look ahead into what to expect next week too! SpaceX SpaceX started the month at Starbase
Nov 5, 2023 7 mins
The United States Space Force recently announced it had assigned the next twenty-one launches of its 'National Security Space Launch' phase two program. The twenty-one launches are assigned as follows; SpaceX received ten missions valued at $1.23 billion dollars, and United Launch Alliance received eleven missions valued
Nov 4, 2023 2 mins
Recently astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara completed NASA's fourth all-female spacewalk aboard the International Space Station. Jasmin Moghbeli wore the spacesuit with red stripes for the spacewalk with Loral O'Hara wearing the unmarked spacesuit. Both astronauts spent six hours and forty-two minutes outside
Nov 3, 2023 2 mins