Mar 14, 2021 05:18 EDT with 0 comments
In the coming week, it s expected that there will be around five rocket launches from the likes of Firefly Aerospace, SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and Glavkosmos. The most interesting launch will be that of the Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket which is making its maiden flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket, which we have been saying will launch for the last two weeks, still hasn’t launched yet but could do on Monday.
Firefly Alpha
The first launch of Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket will be carrying commercial payloads for Benchmark Space Systems and AstroGrams. The mission will also deploy a Spinnaker 3 dragsail prototype. In its first launch, the Alpha rocket will carry several projects from the Dedicated Research and Education Accelerator Mission (DREAM) programme which gives students and small companies a way to put their payloads in space.
Elon Musk indicates that the SN10 engines lacked thrust. The rocket landed at 10 m/s, damaging some parts. It also used "Helium in header" to atone for SN8's explosion, but that was also problematic.
Weekly Bytes | NASSCOM’s ‘AI Gamechangers’ programme, Starlink orders open in India, and more
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NASSCOM launches the AI Gamechangers programme
National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has launched the ‘AI Gamechangers’ programme, to promote artificial intelligence (AI) led innovation in India, with Microsoft as the ‘Innovation Partner’. The programme will serve as a platform for startups, enterprises, academia, governments, and NGOs to showcase their AI-based products and solutions. It will recognise innovators for their successful AI implementation at NASSCOM’s Xperience AI Summit. The entries will be judged on three primary aspects of