Australian rocket startup Gilmour Space confirms successful operation of its first satelliteThe Australian rocket startup Gilmour Space, which in July tried but failed to launch for the first time its Eris rocket, yesterday announced that its first orbiting satellite, dubbed ElaraSat MMS-1, is operating as expected after a June launch by SpaceX.
Launched aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 mission in June, the locally designed and built satellite bus carries a hyperspectral imager from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. Since reaching orbit, ElaraSat MMS-1 has completed platform commissioning, verified satellite bus systems are operating as expected, [and] demonstrated reliable S-band communications and X-band downlink.
If this company can succeed in getting its rocket operational as well as build satellites, it will have capabilities comparable to SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and Firefly, and will be in a very strong position to compete internationally.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
The Australian rocket startup Gilmour Space, which in July tried but failed to launch for the first time its Eris rocket, yesterday announced that its first orbiting satellite, dubbed ElaraSat MMS-1, is operating as expected after a June launch by SpaceX.
Launched aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 mission in June, the locally designed and built satellite bus carries a hyperspectral imager from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. Since reaching orbit, ElaraSat MMS-1 has completed platform commissioning, verified satellite bus systems are operating as expected, [and] demonstrated reliable S-band communications and X-band downlink.
If this company can succeed in getting its rocket operational as well as build satellites, it will have capabilities comparable to SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and Firefly, and will be in a very strong position to compete internationally.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News