June 12, 2025 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- Chinese pseudo-company CAS-Space touts static fire engine test of the core stage of its Kinetica-2 rocket
The company wants to use the rocket to launch the Qingzhou-1 cargo freighter.
- SpaceX demolishes the former ULA Delta-4 rocket launch facility at Cape Canaveral
The video shows the action. This site is where SpaceX is building its own Starship/Superheavy launch facility.
- Dawn Aerospace signs deal to fly its suborbital spaceplane, Aurora Mark 2, from Oklahoma airport
This is the same airport that touted itself as a spaceport two decades ago with the startup Rocketplane Kistler. That company went bankrupt, and never flew anything.
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- Chinese pseudo-company CAS-Space touts static fire engine test of the core stage of its Kinetica-2 rocket
The company wants to use the rocket to launch the Qingzhou-1 cargo freighter.
- SpaceX demolishes the former ULA Delta-4 rocket launch facility at Cape Canaveral
The video shows the action. This site is where SpaceX is building its own Starship/Superheavy launch facility.
- Dawn Aerospace signs deal to fly its suborbital spaceplane, Aurora Mark 2, from Oklahoma airport
This is the same airport that touted itself as a spaceport two decades ago with the startup Rocketplane Kistler. That company went bankrupt, and never flew anything.