NASA has placed SLS rockets on the launch pad for launch as part of the Artemis 1 mission.

The launch is scheduled for August 29th. The Artemis 1 mission involves testing the Orion spacecraft and launching it to the moon. The mission will last from 39 to 42 days. Among other things, one of the most important moments of the mission will be the return of the ship to Earth. Orion will not just return, but will enter the upper atmosphere twice. The first entry will be partial with a further return to a higher orbit, after which a full re-entry and landing will follow. Thus, NASA will test the ship for strength.

As for the rocket, once launched, the SLS will be the most powerful rocket currently in use. It is capable of launching up to 95 tons of cargo into the reference orbit, and in the future, after modifications, the figure can be increased to 130 tons. It is capable of delivering 27 tons to the moon.

NASA expects that the upcoming launch will attract a huge number of people to the beach near the spaceport. Cocoa Beach city officials estimate that between 100,000 and 200,000 people will come to watch the launch.

SpaceX has won one of its first Starship launch contracts. Despite the fact that she has not yet had a single full-fledged launch, the mission in question is scheduled for 2024.

Japanese company SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings has chosen Starship to launch its Superbird-9 communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit.

There is no other data on cooperation with SpaceX in the corresponding press release. Including the unknown amount of the contract. As for the satellite, we are talking about the HTS class (High Throughput Satellites) – these are communication satellites with high bandwidth. The company says that the satellite configuration can be flexibly adjusted to the needs of a particular customer.

The mobile high-performance processor Intel Core i5-13600HX was first lit up on the Web. It will be the successor to the Core i5-12600HX, but it will have more cores.

If the current generation CPU has 4 large cores and 8 small cores, then the Core i5-13600HX will already have 6 large and 8 small cores, which should make it noticeably more productive. No other data yet, but based on what we know about Raptor Lake desktop CPUs, the Core i5-13600HX could also get a nice increase in frequencies, although all this will come at the expense of increased power consumption.

Raptor Lake mobiles are expected early next year. Whether Intel will have processors with more than 16 cores in this segment is not yet clear.