The FAA on July 25 said there were no public safety issues associated with the failure of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket two weeks ago, clearing the company to resume flights.
The take-private deal marks a near-complete reversal from the $2.6 billion valuation that the startup sported when it became a publicly traded company.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket broke apart in the final stage of flight, leaving some Starlink satellites in lower-than-intended orbits and sidelining the vehicle.
It will take the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-U spacecraft until about July 8 to reach its intended perch 22,263 mi. above Earth.
The Hubble Space Telescope has initiated imagery gathering with a single gyroscope, following the malfunction of one of the three aiming and steering devices.
Geespace, the satellite technology arm of China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, says it has deployed its Future Mobility Constellation in the Middle East.
The U.S. Space Force has selected Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance (ULA), and SpaceX as the three service providers for Phase 3 of the NSSL program.
