Collaborate Disseminate
With the notable exception of the now retired Space Shuttle orbiters, essentially every object humanity ever shot into space has been single-use only. But since December of 2015, SpaceX has …read more Continue reading Veteran SpaceX Booster Lost Due To Rough Seas
[T-Zero Systems] has been working on his model Falcon 9 rocket for a while now. It’s an impressive model, complete with thrust vectoring, a microcontroller which follows a predetermined flight …read more Continue reading Mini Falcon 9 Uses NASA Software
We’ve all marveled at the videos of SpaceX rockets returning to their point of origin and landing on their spindly deployable legs, looking for all the world like something pulled …read more Continue reading With Rocket Lab’s Daring Midair Catch, Reusable Rockets Go Mainstream
We’ve all heard it said, and it bears repeating: getting to space is hard. But it actually gets even harder the smaller your booster is. That’s because the structure, engines, …read more Continue reading Astra’s Frugal Design Leads To Latest Unusual Failure
SpaceX has always been willing to break from aerospace tradition if they feel there’s a more pragmatic solution. Today this is most visible in their use of standard construction equipment …read more Continue reading Not All SpaceX Software Goes To Space
You don’t have to look very hard to find another rousing success by SpaceX. It’s a company defined by big and bold moves, and when something goes right, they make …read more Continue reading SpaceX Drops the Ball on Catching Fairings
We loved it a few weeks ago when an international team of hackers managed to record and decode telemetry and images from SpaceX launches. And now it looks like SpaceX …read more Continue reading The Last Days of the Wild West
A few weeks back we brought word that Reddit users [derekcz] and [Xerbot] had managed to receive the 2232.5 MHz telemetry downlink from a Falcon 9 upper stage and pull …read more Continue reading Fun While It Lasted, Falcon 9 Telemetry Now Encrypted
When Rocket Lab launched their first Electron booster in 2017, it was unlike anything that had ever flown before. The small commercially developed rocket was the first to use fully …read more Continue reading Rocket Lab Plans Larger Neutron Rocket For 2024
The amateur radio community has exploded with activity lately especially in the software-defined radio (SDR) area since it was found that a small inexpensive TV tuner could be wrangled to do what only expensive equipment was able to do before. …read more
Continue reading Monitor SpaceX Rocket Launches With Software-Defined Radio