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 by Staff Writers Los Angeles (Sputnik) Jan 28, 2019
US aerospace manufacturer SpaceX said on Friday it had carried out a static fire test of the company's Falcon 9 rocket, which in February will conduct an unmanned launch of a Dragon 2 spacecraft. "Static fire test complete - targeting February launch from historic Launch Complex 39A for Crew Dragon's first demonstration flight!" the company said via Twitter. Earlier in the week, a source in a Russian space industry told Sputnik that the unmanned launch of a Dragon 2 spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) was delayed until February 16 and might be postponed further. SpaceX traditionally conducts static fire tests prior to the launch. In September 2016, the Falcon 9 rocket exploded while being fueled for a test fire. The company suspended launches for several months, resuming them in January 2017. According to the results of the investigation, the explosion during the pre-launch refueling occurred due to an emergency situation in a Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel (COPV) inside a liquid oxygen tank of the second stage of the rocket. Source: Sputnik News
SpaceX laying off 10 percent of workforce Washington (Sputnik) Jan 14, 2019 The private US aerospace company SpaceX is laying off ten percent of its 6,000-person workforce, media reported. SpaceX will offer affected employees a minimum of eight weeks pay and other benefits, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday citing a person familiar with the matter. The company in a statement to the Times said the decision was necessary because to deliver for its customer it had to become a leaner operation. SpaceX earlier this month raised $273 million through preferred ... read more
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