The latest SpaceX rideshare mission Jan. 14 deployed satellites ranging from dozens of imaging satellites to reentry vehicles, tugs and even a “selfie sat.”
  • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    19 days ago

    Transporters are so much fun.

    I love seeing the infrastructure companies make progress, like the tugs (2 from DeOrbit, 1 from Impulse) and return capsules from Varda and Inversion.

    It’s also cool to see these lower launch costs and increased accessibility, like for Pixxel’s Indian hyperspectral sats and SatRev’s non-Earth imaging.

    The Mark Rober sat… I’m not the target audience, but, hey, maybe that’ll inspire some kids.

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
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      5 days ago

      They are fun. Though I am sad that the webcast timelines now say “Deployments Begin”, rather than marking each deployment. Watching “Deploy Deploy Deploy Deploy Deploy” slide into view was always amusing.