In this case, spectators, eyes trained on the bright dot in the sky, hit the beach across from Patrick Space Force Base to watch the March 24 SpaceX National Reconnaissance Office classified ...
The cone-shaped Spherex — at 1,110 pounds (500 kilograms) or the heft of a grand piano — will take six months to map the entire sky with its infrared eyes and wide field of view. Four full-sky surveys ...