SpaceX will transition all launches to Falcon 9 Block 5 rockets after next mission

SpaceX’s 13th reuse of a Falcon 9 booster marked the second-to-last orbital mission of older boosters before the rocket’s highly reusable Block 5 upgrade takes over all future commercial launches. If only for the staggering rise of SpaceX’s program of reusable rockets, June 4’s Falcon 9 launch was novel and thrilling in part because its […]

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SpaceX to in-house mass production of Starlink internet satellite hardware

SpaceX is rapidly expanding it’s Starlink internet constellation development to prepare for full-scale production and aims to bring nearly every major piece of satellite and network hardware and software in-house, according to details revealed in dozens of job postings. While not explicit, this appears to indicate a significant convergence of multiple possible paths to an […]

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SpaceX photos reveal Falcon 9 fairings parasailing to Pacific splashdown

SpaceX has released the first high-quality photos of Falcon 9’s payload fairing recovery hardware in action, showing the massive carbon fiber-aluminum halves gliding by parafoil less than a rocket-length away from recovery vessel Mr. Steven’s massive net. If anything, these photos demonstrate just how close SpaceX is – both literally and figuratively – to successfully […]

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SpaceX photos reveal Falcon 9 fairings parasailing to Pacific splashdown

SpaceX has released the first high-quality photos of Falcon 9’s payload fairing recovery hardware in action, showing the massive carbon fiber-aluminum halves gliding by parafoil less than a rocket-length away from recovery vessel Mr. Steven’s massive net. If anything, these photos demonstrate just how close SpaceX is – both literally and figuratively – to successfully […]

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SpaceX to fly ‘hybrid’ Falcon 9 with Block 4 and 5 stages on June 4 launch

According to SES chief technical officer Martin Halliwell, SpaceX intends to “thread the needle” with a unique hybrid Falcon 9 launch of his company’s SES-12 communications satellite on June 4th. In the case of this launch, Halliwell’s “needle” refers to unsavory weather conditions present at Florida’s Cape Canaveral launch facilities, although weather appears to be […]

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