SpaceX successfully launches commercial communications satellite
Capitalism in space: SpaceX last night successfully launched Telstar 19v, a commercial communications satellite.
This was the second Block 5 rocket to fly successfully.
Correction: Previously I had said that these two flights served to satisfy NASA’s demands for seven successful Block 5 launches before they would certify it for commercial crew. It turns out that neither accomplishes this, because the tanks within are not the finalized versions. Thank you readers!
The leaders in the 2018 launch race:
20 China
13 SpaceX
8 Russia
5 ULA
4 Japan
In the national standings China is now only one launch ahead of the U.S., 20-19.
Capitalism in space: SpaceX last night successfully launched Telstar 19v, a commercial communications satellite.
This was the second Block 5 rocket to fly successfully.
Correction: Previously I had said that these two flights served to satisfy NASA’s demands for seven successful Block 5 launches before they would certify it for commercial crew. It turns out that neither accomplishes this, because the tanks within are not the finalized versions. Thank you readers!
The leaders in the 2018 launch race:
20 China
13 SpaceX
8 Russia
5 ULA
4 Japan
In the national standings China is now only one launch ahead of the U.S., 20-19.