In another indication of the increasing importance of the new commercial space industry's importance, NASA's just selected Orbital Sciences to launch its first satellite dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide.
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NASA Chooses Orbital Sciences to Launch Its Carbon Observatory Satellite
SpaceX Lands $490 Million Satellite Launching Contract
It seems the commercial space industry in the U.S. is suddenly ablaze with activity. SpaceX has just announced a $492 million deal with Iridium to launch numerous satellites into orbit, and it's all thanks to the Falcon 9 rocket success.
SpaceX Falcon 9 Successfully Launched Into Orbit
by Noah Robischon on Jun 9, 2010
Falcon 9 is SpaceX's flagship rocket, and a great leap forward for President Obama's plans to diversify the space industry (video of launch below). The vehicle will help ferry cargo up to the International Space Station in the years between NASA's retirement of the Space Shuttles and developing a new heavy-lift launch capability of its own.
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