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by Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, Forecast International. In a live-streamed presentation, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will be the first paying passenger aboard the company’s …
Read Moreby Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, Forecast International. With its approval of SpaceX’s proposed constellation in late March, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has now approved the deployment of 5,264 small …
Read Moreby Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, Forecast International. With much fanfare, SpaceX successfully conducted a test launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket. The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 3:45 …
Read Moreby Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, Forecast International. On October 30, 2017, SpaceX successfully launched the Koreasat-5A satellite from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Falcon 9 delivered the Koreasat-5A to its …
Read Moreby Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, Forecast International. For the second year in a row, Elon Musk has used the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) to unveil plans about his dream …
Read Moreby Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, Forecast International. SpaceX has officially filed with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to build and operate a massive network of low-Earth orbit (LEO) …
Read MoreBy Matthew Beres and Bill Ostrove, Forecast International. Welcome to the Forecast Roundtable Podcast. Forecast Roundtable brings together expert analysts, industry professionals, and government officials to discuss the latest issues in …
Read Moreby Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, Forecast International. Elon Musk has proposed an ambitious plan to make humans a multiplanet species. The announcement of the initiative was made at the …
Read Moreby Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, Forecast International The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched a reusable launch vehicle demonstrator, dubbed the RLV-TD. The RLV-TD is a delta-winged …
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by Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, Forecast International. On June 27, a SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying a Dragon cargo spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) broke apart …
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