Hong Kong media guide
An overview of the media in Hong Kong, as well as links to broadcasters and newspapers.
2023-09-04 23:21
Hong Kong profile
Provides an overview Hong Kong and key facts about this special administrative region of China.
2023-09-04 23:20
SpaceX smashes rocket launch record as Musk eyes historic Starship mission
SpaceX has broken its own record for the number of launches in a single year with its 62nd rocket sent into space on Sunday. A Falcon 9 carrying Starlink internet satellites lifted off from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 10.47pm local time, surpassing the previous milestone of 61 launches set in 2022. It was the 10th flight for the first stage booster rocket, with SpaceX also breaking a separate record earlier this year for launching reused rockets. The Falcon 9 rocket landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean after delivering the Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. SpaceX boss Elon Musk said SpaceX could complete up to 100 rocket launches this year, making the private space firm by far the most prolific company or space agency to send payloads into space. “SpaceX has delivered ~80 per cent of all Earth payload mass to orbit in 2023. China is ~10 per cent and rest of world other ~10 per cent,” Mr Musk posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Based on the Falcon launch plan for next year, SpaceX will deliver ~90 per cent of all Earth payload to orbit. Starship will take that to >99 per cent in future years. These magnitudes are madness to consider, but necessary to make consciousness multiplanetary.” SpaceX’s Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket ever built – measuring 121 metres in height and with a thrust of 5,000 metric tons – but is yet to successfully complete an orbital flight. Following a successful high-altitude flight test in 2021, SpaceX attempted a 90 minute orbital flight earlier this year but it exploded just three minutes into the flight. The next attempt is expected to take place this month, though no exact date has been set. More than 1,000 design changes have been made to the craft since the first failed attempt, including new venting systems and heat shields to improve the stage separation of the upper and lower stages of the rocket. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is yet to grant a launch licence for the latest mission amid concerns about issues revealed in the first orbital launch attempt. SpaceX has already secured a multi-billion dollar deal with Nasa to keep developing Starship for use on the US space agency’s Artemis mission, which aims to return astronauts to the Moon this decade. Mr Musk has previously said that Starship is integral to his plans to turn humanity into a multi-planetary species, with the aim of deploying a fleet of Starships to establish a permanent colony on Mars before 2050. Read More ‘It’s like an airport’: How SpaceX normalised rocket launches SpaceX crew streak across sky before splashing down off Florida coast Watch live: SpaceX launches satellites for US Space Development Agency Elon Musk’s SpaceX sued over allegations of hiring discrimination
2023-09-04 23:16
Singapore country profile
Provides an overview of Singapore, including key dates and facts about this South East Asian state.
2023-09-04 18:54
Europe space agency to set target period for Ariane 6 launch in October
PARIS The European Space Agency said it plans to set a target period for the first launch of
2023-09-04 18:45
Packers Rumors: Jordan Love jitters, D-line depth, and more
In today's Packers rumors, Jordan Love causes anxiety, the defensive line gets a boost, and Packers fans crack open a cold one -- or twenty.
2023-09-04 07:48
Mission accomplished, India puts moon rover to 'sleep'
By Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI India switched off its moon rover, the first craft to reach the lunar
2023-09-03 16:53
NFL Rumors: Packers-Chris Jones trade, Lions surprise, Steelers hometown signing
NFL Rumors: A proposed Packers-Chris Jones trade, Lions working on a surprise contract extension, Steelers bring a hometown kid back to Pittsburgh.
2023-09-03 08:29
3 Phillies players on the September roster who don't deserve to play this postseason
These three Philadelphia Phillies players will be the odd men out on a team trying to win another NL Pennant.
2023-09-03 05:58
After the moon, India sets sights on studying the sun with rocket mission
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU Following up on the success of India's moon landing with the Chandrayaan-3, the country's
2023-09-02 12:20
NC State goes lone wolf to allow ACC expansion, SMU won't get paid nine times
North Carolina State turned heel on Clemson, Florida State and North Carolina in voting for ACC expansion, allowing Cal, Stanford and SMU to join their league. Meanwhile, SMU will forgo TV revenue nine times...
2023-09-01 23:17
What ACC expansion means for remaining Pac-12 schools without a home
With Cal, Stanford and SMU joining the ACC, what does this mean for the final two remaining Pac-12 holdovers in Oregon State and Washington State?
2023-09-01 21:45