SpaceX Falcon 9 booster nails record fourth launch and landing during Starlink-1

For the first time ever, SpaceX has successfully launched and landed the same Falcon 9 booster on four separate orbital-class missions, pushing the rocket’s Block 5 upgrade one step closer to realizing its ambitious design goals. After an unprecedented lull of more than three months between launches, SpaceX has successfully returned to flight with its […]

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink launch eyes two reusability milestones as new satellite details emerge

SpaceX is set for Falcon 9’s first orbital launch in more than three months. Known as Starlink-1, the mission will launch the company’s heaviest satellite payload ever and feature an impressive array of Falcon 9 booster and fairing reusability milestones. Flatsat stack Prior to Falcon 9 going vertical on the launch pad, SpaceX technicians had […]

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SpaceX drone ship spotted by satellite ahead of first Falcon 9 ocean landing in five months

In anticipation of SpaceX’s imminent Starlink-1 launch, drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) departed Port Canaveral on November 7th and is now on its way out into the Atlantic Ocean for Falcon 9’s first booster landing attempt in months. In a possible first, the drone ship and its tugboat companion were spotted […]

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Boeing Starliner abort test (mostly) a success as SpaceX nears Crew Dragon static fire

On November 4th, Boeing completed a crucial pad abort test of its reusable Starliner spacecraft, successful in spite of an unintentional partial failure of its parachute recovery system. Three days later, Boeing revealed what it believed to be the cause of that anomaly in a November 7th press conference. Meanwhile, SpaceX – having completed Crew […]

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SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 launch set to debut twin fairing recovery ships

SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 launch – a dedicated Starlink mission scheduled no earlier than November 11th – appears to be set to debut twin fairing recovery vessels GO Ms. Chief and GO Ms. Tree, a fairing recovery milestone that will be paired with at least two more rocket reusability firsts. Captured below on October 31st […]

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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet was tested by the US Air Force and the results are in

SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell recently provided information about the company’s Starlink satellite internet constellation after a panel at the International Aeronautical Congress in Washington D.C. Shotwell spoke of a partnership with the U.S. military and just how far she believes Starlink is ahead of rival mega-constellation efforts. While competitors are still […]

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SpaceX begins Starship launch mount installation at historic Pad 39A in Florida

At the same time as SpaceX’s Boca Chica, Texas team is working around the clock to prepare Starship Mk1 for several major tests, the company is building a second dedicated Starship launch complex at Pad 39A and as of November 4th, that construction effort has reached a symbolic milestone. According to photos taken by local […]

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SpaceX Falcon 9’s next Starlink launch will reuse a Falcon Heavy fairing for the first time

SpaceX has announced that a thrice-flown Falcon 9 booster successfully completed a static fire test ahead of the company’s first launch in three months, set to be Starlink’s ‘v1.0’ launch debut. In a twist, SpaceX says that the mission will be the first to reuse a full payload fairing, recovered after Falcon Heavy Block 5’s […]

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SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 launch in months gets a launch date

SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 launch in more than three months finally has a launch date and it looks like the company’s growing fleet is going to attempt to catch (or land) almost every piece of the rocket, a big first for Falcon 9 reusability if SpaceX can pull it off. After an exceedingly long wait, […]

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SpaceX installs second Starship Mk1 canard ahead of transport to launch pad

SpaceX has begun to install Starship Mk1’s second of two forward ‘canards’, aerodynamic flaps the rocket prototype will soon use to attempt the first radical skydiver-style landing. SpaceX technicians are likely working to fully outfit the rocket before transporting its nose section to the launch pad, where it can be mated to Starship Mk1’s lower […]

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