SpaceX reveals new details on Starship’s third test flight

SpaceX has revealed some new information regarding the third test flight of its massive Starship rocket. The flight, which took place from Starbase, Texas, yesterday morning at 8:25 am CT, capitalized on previous test flights and accomplished a host of new objectives. All 33 Raptor engines lit in a staggered sequence, and once throttled up, […]

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SpaceX successful in epic third Starship test launch

SpaceX was successful in its third test flight of the largest rocket ever as Starship took to the skies at 8:25 am CT from Starbase, Texas. The massive rocket made it further than ever during its third flight, including successful stage separation and atmospheric re-entry. Liftoff of Starship! pic.twitter.com/FaNcasuKaq — SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 14, 2024 […]

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SpaceX receives FAA launch license for 3rd Starship test flight

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given SpaceX its license to launch its massive Starship rocket on its 3rd flight test. While the launch is still dependent on acceptable weather conditions, SpaceX has sent out evacuation notices to residents still living in Boca Chica and confirmed they are targeting a launch attempt for tomorrow morning. […]

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SpaceX continues progress towards Starship’s 3rd test flight

SpaceX is at least two days away from the potential 3rd test flight of Starship. The company is still targeting the morning of Thursday, March 14th, while they await the launch license from the Federal Aviation Administration, which could come at any time between now and the evening before launch. While SpaceX waited for the […]

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Crew 7 returns to Earth following 197 days aboard the International Space Station

Crew 7 returned to Earth after a fiery re-entry through the atmosphere to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico. That fiery re-entry was witnessed by anyone who dared to be awake and had clear skies as Crew Dragon Endurance and its 4 crew members streaked South over the mid-western to Southern states ahead of […]

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Rocket Lab prepares for the ‘Owl Night Long’ mission

Rocket Lab is currently targeting no earlier than Wednesday, March 13th to launch Synspectives’ Strix-3 satellite to a Sun-synchronous orbit from Pad B at  Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. The 75-minute launch windows open at 03:oo NZDT (14:00 UTC) and the overall launch period runs through the 22nd of March […]

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SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions

SpaceX completed two successful launches of Starlink satellites this past weekend. The two launches took place yesterday evening, just over five hours apart, from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and Space Launch Complex-4E in California. The 46 Starlinks sent to orbit yesterday represent the 23rd and 24th missions of […]

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SpaceX lands on potential date for next Starship test flight

SpaceX has landed on a potential date for its next Starship test flight: March 14. Starship is SpaceX’s massive rocket that will one day transport life from Earth to Mars. It has already been tested twice, with its first two Integrated Flight Tests (IFT) coming last year in April and November. Both flights culminated in […]

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SpaceX sends 23 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Leap Day

SpaceX sent 23 more Starlink high-speed internet satellites into orbit on Leap Day. The satellites were launched from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:30 a.m. yesterday, bringing the current total to 5,504. SpaceX hopes to have 42,000 satellites in low Earth orbit to build a mega constellation that […]

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