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How to track Santa Claus on Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus has a big job to do and for many years the US Military has been tracking him along the way and even escorting him through the local airspace. In today's video, we'll talk about how NORAD tracks Santa on Christmas Eve as he brings presents to boys and girls around [...]

SpaceX NROL-108 Top Secret Satellite Launch 🔴 Live

SpaceX will launch an undisclosed payload into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office aboard a Falcon 9. This launch was only recently confirmed by the NRO, and little is known about the mission except that the booster will return to land at Cape Canaveral's LZ-1 for an RTLS landing.#SpaceX #NROL108 #olhzlive❤❤ EXCLUSIVE CONTENT FOR MEMBERS [...]

SpaceX NROL-108 Top Secret Satellite Launch 🔴 Live [DEC 17 SCRUB]

SpaceX will launch an undisclosed payload into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office aboard a Falcon 9. This launch attempt was scrubbed, next attempt is here: https://youtu.be/lgWhOWSaB08This launch was only recently confirmed by the NRO, and little is known about the mission except that the booster will return to land at Cape Canaveral's LZ-1 for [...]

SpaceX Starship SN8 🚀 What went right & wrong during the epic flight!

SpaceX launched their Starship SN8 prototype rocket on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 as they develop their rocket with the intention of taking people to the Moon and to Mars. The Starship SN8 prototype test flight was a major success, but it wasn't perfect. It ended in a crash landing with an incredible explosion which destroyed [...]

SpaceX SXM-7 Launch for SiriusXM 🔴 Live

SpaceX will launch the first of two next generation high power S-band broadcast satellites for SiriusXM. The spacecraft will be delivered into a geostationary transfer orbit and the booster will be recovered downrange. The spacecraft is built by Space Systems Loral (SSL) on the SSL 1300 platform and includes two solar arrays producing 20kW, and [...]

SpaceX SXM-7 Launch for SiriusXM 🔴 Live [DEC 11 SCRUB]

SpaceX will launch the first of two next generation high power S-band broadcast satellites for SiriusXM. This launch attempt was scrubbed. The next attempt will be here: https://youtu.be/TcQkVJKv294The spacecraft will be delivered into a geostationary transfer orbit and the booster will be recovered downrange. The spacecraft is built by Space Systems Loral (SSL) on the [...]

SpaceX Starship SN8 12.5 km High Altitude Test Flight 🔴 Live

Starship SN8, equipped with a three Raptor engines, will attempt a major 12.5 km high altitude flight test at SpaceX's development and launch site at Boca Chica, Texas. The test article will rise to a maximum altitude of about 12.5 kilometers and translate downrange to the landing pad after performing it's skydiving belly flop maneuver. [...]

SpaceX Starship SN8 12.5 km High Altitude Test Flight 🔴 Live [DEC 8 SCRUB]

Starship SN8, equipped with a three Raptor engines, will attempt a major 12.5 km high altitude flight test at SpaceX's development and launch site at Boca Chica, Texas. We had some fun during this live stream, but it was ultimately scrubbed. The next launch attempt will be here: https://youtu.be/fblx_eu0YmcThe test article will rise to a [...]

Dragon 1 vs. Dragon 2: Differences in SpaceX Capsules

SpaceX has started flying their new Dragon 2 capsule for both their Crew Dragon missions as well as their new Cargo Dragon missions as part of NASA's Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 contract. In this #TwoMinuteTuesday episode, we talk about the differences between the Dragon 1 and Dragon 2 capsules from SpaceX and how their [...]

SpaceX CRS-21 Cargo Dragon Launch 🔴 Live

SpaceX's 21st ISS resupply mission on behalf of NASA and the first under the CRS-2 contract, this mission brings essential supplies to the International Space Station using the cargo variant of SpaceX's new Dragon 2 spacecraft. Cargo includes several science experiments, and the external payload is the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock. Although the boosters for most [...]

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