SpaceX set for launch of the Intelsat communications satellite

SpaceX is set for a midnight launch to send a communications satellite to geostationary transfer orbit for Intelsat. The two-hour launch window opens at 12:15 a.m. ET (04:15 UTC). The Falcon 9 will launch on an Easterly trajectory from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Happy launch day! 🚀 […]

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SpaceX launches 50th mission of the year

After a series of weather delays, SpaceX launched 22 V2 mini Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station just after midnight. Originally intending to launch at 10:20 p.m. ET, weather forced SpaceX to delay a couple of times to the end of their launch while […]

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SpaceX delays Falcon Heavy, moves forward with Starlink launch

SpaceX delayed the Falcon Heavy Echostar XXIV/Jupiter 3 mission by 24 hours and will move forward with a Falcon 9 Starlink launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. For a little while, there was hope SpaceX would break the Eastern Range record of back-to-back launches by hosting a Falcon 9 […]

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SpaceX launches next batch of Starlink satellites

Originally intending to launch the day before but delayed due to thunderstorms, the Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at 8:50 p.m. last night, marking the 6th launch of the month so far. The 22 V2 mini Starlink satellites were deployed just over an hour after launch into a 294-kilometer by 303-kilometer […]

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SpaceX to launch 22 Version 2 mini Starlink satellites

SpaceX is currently targeting 7:34 p.m. ET (23:34 UTC) today, July 22nd, for the launch of 22 V2 mini Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Keeping up an incredible pace, SpaceX is set for its 6th mission of the month. The Falcon 9 will launch the […]

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Falcon 9 puts on a show in the Californian skies

Last night at 9:09 p.m. PT (04:09 UTC), SpaceX successfully launched 15 V2 mini Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Following a last-second aborted launch attempt the previous night, SpaceX teams performed checkouts of the Falcon 9 and determined another attempt to launch […]

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Another SpaceX Falcon 9 joins the 16 Launch Club

Launching at 11:50 p.m. ET (03:50 UTC) on July 15th, another Falcon 9 joined the 16 launch club. The launch took place from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Just days after the Falcon 9 B1058 broke the launch record, B1060 launched for the 16th time and successfully landed on the […]

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SpaceX Falcon 9 breaks record, launches and lands for 16th time

Launching July 9th, at 11:58 p.m. ET (03:58 UTC), the record-breaking Falcon 9 successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to deliver 22 V2 mini Starlink satellites to orbit. Originally intending to launch just before dawn Sunday morning local time, SpaceX pushed the launch time a couple of times […]

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SpaceX set to launch 48 Starlink satellites from California

SpaceX will launch 48 version 1.5 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday, July 7th at 12:29 p.m. PT (19:29 UTC). The 48 Starlink satellites will launch on a 43-degree orbital inclination and are a part of Group 5-13. This will […]

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SpaceX successfully launches Euclid Space Telescope for the ESA

SpaceX successfully launched the Euclid Space Telescope for the European Space Agency on July 1st, lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Launching at 11:12 a.m. ET (15:12 UTC), the rocket’s nine Merlin 1D engines ignited, sending Falcon 9 and Euclid to space. The Falcon 9 first-stage engines burned […]

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