Falcon Heavy and a dummy named "Starman"

Ian Whittaker, writing for The Conversation,

has clearly been impressed by Elon Musk's latest achievement,

but he has not let himself be carried away

by the dummy in the cherry-red roadster

looking for alien hitchhikers in the galaxy.

Link to: "Falcon Heavy: SpaceX stages an amazing launch – but what about the environmental impact?"

Link to: February 7th article by Tarik Malik in "Space.com"

Link to: "Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities"

GovSat-1

Since yesterday GovSat-1 has been up in the sky,

and in a good two weeks' time

of "orbit-raising procedures and in-orbit tests"

it should be ready to become operational

at 36,000 kilometres above the equator

and remain so for the next 15 years.

Link to:"Orbital ATK-Built GovSat-1 Multi-Mission Satellite Successfully Launched"

Link to: "GovSat-1 Successfully Launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket "