July 21, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, who is more awake than I on this Friday afternoon.
- Amazon to build $120 million Kuiper satellite facility in Florida
The plan is to have this facility pumping out satellites for launch by early 2025. This will give Amazon less than two years to get 1,600 satellites in orbit, as required by its FCC licence.
- NASA Powerpoint presentation touting the two Artemis manned lunar landers
The link downloads the pdf. Lots of empty blather, but the side-to-side comparison of SpaceX’s Starship with Blue Origin’s Blue Moon is quite educational.
- ISRO announces July 30th as next PSLV launch date
The rocket is carrying a radar Earth observation satellite and six smallsat second payloads
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, who is more awake than I on this Friday afternoon.
- Amazon to build $120 million Kuiper satellite facility in Florida
The plan is to have this facility pumping out satellites for launch by early 2025. This will give Amazon less than two years to get 1,600 satellites in orbit, as required by its FCC licence.
- NASA Powerpoint presentation touting the two Artemis manned lunar landers
The link downloads the pdf. Lots of empty blather, but the side-to-side comparison of SpaceX’s Starship with Blue Origin’s Blue Moon is quite educational.
- ISRO announces July 30th as next PSLV launch date
The rocket is carrying a radar Earth observation satellite and six smallsat second payloads