#spaceport — Public Fediverse posts

Andøya, Norway
The German startup Isar Aerospace launches its unmanned Spectrum rocket into orbit. Saturday’s launch from from the Andøya Spaceport marked a breakthrough for Europe, which wants to send satellites into space independently, reducing its reliance on the US amid the shifting global order.

Photograph: Isar Aerospace/AFP/Getty Images

#Norway
#Andoya
#Aerospace
#spaceport

The Moon’s planned first spaceport will have no runways, taxiways or gate announcements—NASA’s Gateway will follow an invisible orbit sculpted by the gravity of Earth and the Moon, and engineers have now published the first detailed strategies for keeping visiting spacecraft safely separated while they wait to dock.
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=the-moons-planned-first-spaceport-will-have-no-runways-taxiways-or-gate-announcementsnasas-gateway-will-follow-an-invisible-orbit-sculpted-by-the-gravity-of-earth-and-the-moon-and-engineers-have-now-published-the-first-detailed-strategies-for-keeping-visiting-spacecraft-safely-separated-while-they-wait-to-dock
<p>A new traffic-management study tests how Gateway and visiting spacecraft could wait in the same
#spaceport #taxiways #visiting #planned

Existing gas pipelines around Pecan Island as of #OpenStreetMap : https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/2vGu

#RocketPropellant #Starbase #Louisiana #Spaceport

🇵🇹 The #ASC launch site on the island of #SantaMaria* will initially be used for suborbital flights. Santa Maria is also set to serve as a landing site for a reusable ♻️ spacecraft, #ESA's #SpaceRider https://europeanspaceflight.com/portugals-asc-granted-licence-for-santa-maria-launch-centre

* 🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=ASC+Spaceport

#spaceport #Portugal

There are only 2 "#spaceport" 🚀 so far in #OpenStreetMap which pretended to be one unless they never launched something to #space 🌌 (for a considerable amount of time) : #SpaceportAmerica and #CornRanch (#BlueOrigin's #NewShepard launch site) https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/aeroway%3Asuborbital#values. #SpaceportCornwall 🛫 has never been one (other than for propaganda) https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1105816254

There's a considerable amount of #launchpad ⚪ (#balloon 🎈, #research #rockets...) https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=launchpad#values

#SpaceFlight #Orbit #DeepSpace

What's the minimum requirement to call #launch 🚀 infrastructure a "#spaceport" ? https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:aeroway%3Dspaceport

#CornRanch #BlueOrigin #NewShepard #SpaceportCornwall #VirginOrbit

The keyword hashtag list reached 5️⃣5️⃣ 55 entries :

#AsteroidMining
#AsteroidThreat
#CelestialBodyLanding
#DSOC (Deep Space Optical Communications)
#HallEffectThruster
#HumanSpaceflight
#HumanSpaceflightBasics
#HumanSpaceflightHealth
#HumanSpaceflightSecurity
#ISRU (in situ resource utilization)
#LaunchCost
#Lunar3dPrinting
#MoonMining
#PrivateSpaceflight
#ReusableLaunchVehicle
#RocketEngine
#RocketScience
#SatelliteImprovement
#SatelliteInternetAccess
#SBSP (Space-based Solar Power)
#SmallSat
#SpaceAgency
#SpaceCommunication
#SpaceCompany
#SpaceCraft
#SpaceColonization
#SpacecraftComparison
#SpacecraftPropulsion
#SpaceDebris
#SpaceEnergy
#SpaceEvent
#SpaceFood
#SpaceForce
#SpaceHabitat
#SpaceHotel
#SpaceIndustry
#SpaceInfrastructure
#SpaceLogistics
#SpaceMaintenance
#SpaceMining
#SpaceNavigation
#SpacePhotography
#SpacePlants
#SpacePolitics
#SpacePort
#SpaceRegulation
#SpaceRobot
#SpaceScience
#SpaceSciFi
#SpaceStation
#SpaceSuit
#SpaceTelescope
#SpaceTourism
#SpaceWelding
#TimeToOrbit

#Alaska Pacific #Spaceport 📆 Jan. 10, 2023 #ABL Space Systems launch #failure 🚀. The nine engines in its first stage #shut down simultaneously after #liftoff, causing the vehicle to fall back to the pad and explode 💥 https://spacenews.com/first-abl-space-systems-launch-fails/?preview_id=135979

#LockheedMartin purchased 26 launches on ABL’s RS1 through 2025, with the option for up to another 32 launches through 2029 https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/01/abl-rs1-demo-1

🚀 #rockets dedicated to launching small #satellites face competition from #SpaceX #SmallSat #rideshare business https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/10/world/abl-space-systems-satellite-launch-alaska-scn/index.html

Picture : #Antares Rocket explosion (#RS1 launch hasn't been streamed)

#RocketScience #SpaceCompany