SpaceX’s two-stage reusable rocket will take off for its 101st flight from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Friday.
The Falcon 9 is made up of three components: a reusable first part, an expendable second one, and a reusable fairing.
The rocket will carry a satellite to be used for radio services across North America.
Sirius XM’s seven tonne SXM-7 satellite is set to replace the XM 3.
The SXM-7 will generate more than 20kW of power and its massive antenna reflector makes broadcast to radio possible without large antennas on the ground.
Here's how you can track Falcon 9's progress:
You can watch the launch live here at 11.20am Eastern Time (4.20pm GMT). You can also check the website Heavens Above to track the flight, which also provides sighting times for your specific location.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched 24 times this year, making this the 25th trip of 2020.
This is one of two satellite launches for Sirius XM with the SXM-8 taking off in early 2021 – both aiming to replace the XM-3 and XM-4 satellites.
Each of the two new satellites have a lifetime of 15 years after which they will be moved to a “graveyard orbit”.
Frankenstein in Baghdad
Ahmed Saadawi
Penguin Press
Libya's Gold
UN Panel of Experts found regime secretly sold a fifth of the country's gold reserves.
The panel’s 2017 report followed a trail to West Africa where large sums of cash and gold were hidden by Abdullah Al Senussi, Qaddafi’s former intelligence chief, in 2011.
Cases filled with cash that was said to amount to $560m in 100 dollar notes, that was kept by a group of Libyans in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
A second stash was said to have been held in Accra, Ghana, inside boxes at the local offices of an international human rights organisation based in France.
FFP EXPLAINED
What is Financial Fair Play?
Introduced in 2011 by Uefa, European football’s governing body, it demands that clubs live within their means. Chiefly, spend within their income and not make substantial losses.
What the rules dictate?
The second phase of its implementation limits losses to €30 million (Dh136m) over three seasons. Extra expenditure is permitted for investment in sustainable areas (youth academies, stadium development, etc). Money provided by owners is not viewed as income. Revenue from “related parties” to those owners is assessed by Uefa's “financial control body” to be sure it is a fair value, or in line with market prices.
What are the penalties?
There are a number of punishments, including fines, a loss of prize money or having to reduce squad size for European competition – as happened to PSG in 2014. There is even the threat of a competition ban, which could in theory lead to PSG’s suspension from the Uefa Champions League.
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Tamkeen's offering
- Option 1: 70% in year 1, 50% in year 2, 30% in year 3
- Option 2: 50% across three years
- Option 3: 30% across five years
Springtime in a Broken Mirror,
Mario Benedetti, Penguin Modern Classics
UK’s AI plan
- AI ambassadors such as MIT economist Simon Johnson, Monzo cofounder Tom Blomfield and Google DeepMind’s Raia Hadsell
- £10bn AI growth zone in South Wales to create 5,000 jobs
- £100m of government support for startups building AI hardware products
- £250m to train new AI models
MATCH INFO
Champions League quarter-final, first leg
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City, Tuesday, 11pm (UAE)
Matches can be watched on BeIN Sports
