The Soyuz Rocket lost Kanopus ST in Space - http://clapway.com/2015/12/09/the-soyuz-rocket-lost-kanopus-st-in-space/

The Russian space industry has, unfortunately, taken a blow after this news. The Russian media have reported that one of their military satellites has been lost and destroyed in space. The name of this satellite is Kanopus ST and it was the Soyuz rocket that let it get away.

THE SOYUZ ROCKET LOSES THE KANOPUS ST

The Russian news agency reported that there was an issue when the Kanopus ST was trying to deploy from the Soyuz rocket. They stated that the satellite should have deployed from the rocket when it was around 435 miles above the earth. However, that did not happen as a lock did not open during the separation process. The ability to communicate with the satellite and re-issue the command could not be done either. They say that it entered the atmosphere on the 8th of December and they predict that it has already fully burned up.

WHAT THE KANOPUS ST ON THE SOYUZ ROCKET WAS SUPPOSED TO DO

Space officials commented and said what the purpose of launching this satellite was. They say that it was to monitor submerged submarines for the military. They said it was mainly made to monitor maritime activity. Unfortunately, this satellite was also not an easy device to make. Industry experts have stated that it took this satellite around 10 years to make. Now, it is destroyed and those 10 years of making the Kanopus ST are lost. Well, at least, they know how to make the overall device, but they need to fix this issue so it does not waste any more time.

MILITARY SATELLITES LIKE THE KANOPUS ST DO NOT LAST LONG ANYWAY

Pavel Luzin, an industry expert, actually mentioned that the shelf life for these types of devices is not particularity long. Two or three years is the life length that he gave military satellites. However, two or three years is better than the time that the Kanopus ST had in space!

The Soyuz Rocket lost Kanopus ST in Space

What went wrong with #SpaceX #Falcon9 #rocket discovered. - http://clapway.com/2015/07/21/how-a-2-foot-strut-brought-down-spacexs-falcon-9-rocket-122/

Three weeks after the SpaceX rocket Falcon 9 blew up just minutes after launch, the company believes it’s finally found the culprit — a 2-foot steel strut.

The Weakest Link

Elon Musk, founder and chief executive of SpaceX, said on Monday that initial investigation has lead the company to believe that a 2-foot long steel strut is what inevitably brought down their latest unmanned rocket, the Falcon 9. This strut, measuring in at only an inch wide, had one job — to hold down a high-pressure helium bottle in the liquid oxygen tank. Engineers believe that the strut snapped, which launched the bottle to the top of the oxygen tank. The result of which can be seen here.

The faulty strut is manufactured to support 10,000 pounds of force, which is well above the 3,500 pounds of force that the struts handle during an actual launch. “The strut failed five times below its normal strength, which is crazy,” said Musk.

In the news conference, Musk iterated that these were only preliminary results and that nothing was exactly definitive yet. During the conference Musk also stated that the strut wasn’t manufactured by SpaceX and that they had tested “some enormous number” only to discover that some could only support 2,000 pounds of force. Musk declined to provide the name of the supplier.

Misplaced Confidence Could Also be the Blame

The Falcon 9’s original mission was to resupply the ISS, but also staying intact so that SpaceX could retrieve the rocket in order to reuse it. For commercial spaceflight companies, this is a way to decrease the cost of future missions. Unfortunately, this is the third time in the last eight months that the rocket has experienced a failed launch.

“To some degree the company became a little bit complacent in the course of 20 successes in a row,” said Musk. “This is certainly an important lesson and something we will take with us into the future.”

According to Musk, many of the company’s employees believed Musk was being “paranoid” by his stringent attitude towards potential flaws. A behavior that has proven to be well justified.

Looking Forward to the Future

All of SpaceX’s main systems and rocket engines are made in-house, and Marco Caceres, director of space studies for Teal Group, believes that this is an important achievement.

“There is not a fundamental flaw in the design of the rocket itself. A strut is a specific part… Going forward, they will be much more careful about testing everything that goes on the vehicle,” said Caceres.

SpaceX is currently still trying to retrieve Dragon, the cargo spacecraft attached to the Falcon 9, and currently has no plans to cease its mission, though the launch schedule will need to be revised.

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Atlas Five Rocket to Launch Before Noon - http://clapway.com/2015/07/15/atlas-five-rocket-to-launch-before-noon678/

Right now, the Atlas Five Rocket is set to launch from the Cape Canaveral before at eleven thirty. However the rocket won’t be alone in its travel; it will have a very technologically advanced passenger aboard.

Some background info

While everything is underway for the rocket launch later today, the 2nd Space Operation Squadron in Colorado is celebrating a milestone this week. What milestone is that? It is the twentieth anniversary since the Global Positioning System (GPS) emergence was announced on July 17, 1995. On Friday, is the day twenty years ago, the GPS make its dent in technological history and changed the nation’s everyday life forever..

Today, we use GPS technology in a multitude of ways and integrate it into our everyday lives without even thinking twice about it. Whether it is finding your way to a hole in the wall bite to eat, or exploring a trail to a sweet secret fishing spot, helping you get back onto the interstate, GPS is there for you. This goes to show you how we have become accustomed to having it.

To get an idea of how valuable and treasured the GPS is in monetary value, the system is estimated to be valued over twenty-six billion dollars by next year.

The companion aboard the Atlas Five Rocket

A press release that was put up yesterday announced that Colorado’s United Launch Alliance will launch the GPS IIF-10 mission from the Atlas Five 401 rocket launch in Cape Canaveral. This GPS will be the companion up to the stars with the rocket.

The GPS IIF-109 is the tenth of twelve block which will eventually replace the older satellites in orbit when the time comes to retire the old fellas. All good things must come to an end after a while, and at least they had a good run and have stories to tell when home.

The president and owner of ULA commented that the company was proud to help in its role in the advances GPS has done and will do. They look forward to keeping the hundred percent successful launch history today with the GPS IIF-10’s launch.

Governor of colorado declares friday “GPS DAY”

To continue with the celebration measures, Governor Hickenlooper will declare Friday, “GPS Day” in Colorado in honor the GPS and all the things it continues to do and will do.Also the ULA plans on launching the Delta IV rocket on the 22nd with a military communications satellite if all goes well with this week’s launch.

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Atlas Five Rocket to Launch Before Noon