.@SpaceX: Deployment of @Hispasat's Amazonas Nexus confirmed
.@SpaceX: Falcon 9's first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship
.@SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch the @Hispasat Amazonas Nexus mission to orbit
.@SpaceX: Team completed vehicle checkouts, and we are now targeting 8:32 p.m. ET for tonight's launch of the @Hispasat Amazonas Nexus mission from SLC-40 in Florida; rocket, payload, and weather are looking good for liftoff
.@SpaceX: Falcon Heavy generates more than five million pounds of thrust at liftoff, equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft. As one of the world's most powerful operational rockets, Falcon Heavy can lift nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lbs) to orbit
.@SpaceX: Falcon Heavy has completed five launches to-date, and could fly up to five missions this year
.@SpaceX: Five years ago today, Falcon Heavy flew for the first time
1 year agoSuspected Ukrainian Tu-141 Strizh drone crashed in Kaluga
1 year agoReports that a Boeing 737-300 (N619SW) has crashed during a fire fighting mission in southern Australia. The aircraft involved belong to Coulson Aviation and is 27 years old. According to media the pilots have been taken to hospital
.@SpaceX: Standing down from tonight's Falcon 9 launch of the @Hispasat Amazonas Nexus mission due to unfavorable launch and recovery weather conditions; latest weather forecast for tomorrow's launch opportunity is 90% favorable for liftoff
.@SpaceX: Now targeting 9:32 p.m. ET for launch of @Hispasat Amazonas Nexus
1 year agoPoland deployed Patriot air defense systems at Warsaw airport. According to the Minister of Defense of Poland Blashchak, the missile systems were relocated from the test site in the city of Sochaczew to the Bemowo airfield in Warsaw
.@SpaceX: New T-0 of 7:32 p.m. ET for launch of the @Hispasat Amazonas Nexus mission; teams are keeping an eye on launch and recovery weather, which is currently 30% favorable for liftoff
"Proton-M" with satellite "Electro-L" launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
It appears the Chinese spy balloon has just been shot down over the Atlantic
1 year agoFighters jets circling the balloon ready to shoot it down over off of Myrtle Beach
.@SpaceX: Targeting Sunday, February 5 for launch of the @Hispasat Amazonas Nexus mission from SLC-40 in Florida; weather is currently 55% favorable for liftoff
.@SpaceX: Starlink ahora está disponible en todo Colombia
1 year agoVideos show a suspected Chinese spy balloon, according to U.S. officials, seen hovering over Billings, Montana. China's foreign ministry has claimed it is a civilian balloon used for meteorological purposes
The Biden administration decided to postpone Secretary of State Antony Blinken's upcoming trip to Beijing after detecting a Chinese surveillance balloon over Montana
1 year agoA balloon: Chinese officials claim was a civilian research airship was spotted over Montana earlier this week, which caused flights at Billings Logan International Airport to be temporarily grounded
China: "A Chinese airship used for meteorological purposes accidentally entered US airspace due to westerly winds and its limited homing capability, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.[.]" ( state media)
.@SpaceX: Nearly 70 percent of all Falcon 9 missions have been completed by flight-proven boosters — rocket reusability is key to enabling SpaceX's rapid launch cadence
.@SpaceX: Falcon 9 launched its 200th successful mission, and delivered another 53 SpaceX Starlink satellites to orbit this morning
.@SpaceX: Deployment of 53 Starlink satellites confirmed
Lifting off at 2:58 a.m. Thursday morning, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared to orbit with 53 Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center in Florida
.@SpaceX: Falcon 9's first stage has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship
.@SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch 53 Starlink satellites to orbit
.@SpaceX: Now targeting 2:58 a.m. ET for this morning's Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites
Czechia president-elect @general_pavel: Ukraine "morally and practically" ready to join NATO once war is over. Sending planes to Ukraine is "not taboo", but prob not helpful in time it would take to do it. Putin "could end war today". But "no sign" Russia wants peace
