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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Starlink mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks across the sky above Florida’s Space Coast amid the Starlink 6-31 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein SpaceX continued a busy weekend with the launch of another batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station late Saturday night. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 occurred…
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Space Explored Podcast 70: What is Starship V2?
Subscribe: Spotify Apple Podcasts Overcast PausePlay% buffered00:0048:50UnmuteMuteDisable captionsEnable captionsSettingsCaptionsDisabledQualityundefinedSpeedNormalCaptionsGo back to previous menuQualityGo back to previous menuSpeedGo back to previous menu0.5×0.75×Normal1.25×1.5×1.75×2×4×PIPExit fullscreenEnter fullscreenPlay The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week’s biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday,…
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A bitter pill: Amazon calls on rival SpaceX to launch Internet satellites
Amazon announced Friday that it has purchased three Falcon 9 rocket launches from SpaceX beginning in mid-2025 to help deploy the retail giant’s network of Kuiper Internet satellites. In a statement, Amazon said the SpaceX launches will provide “additional capacity” to “supplement existing launch contracts to support Project Kuiper’s satellite deployment schedule.” SpaceX has its own…
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Team of rivals: Amazon makes a deal with SpaceX for three Kuiper satellite launches
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launches a set of Starlink satellites on Nov. 27. Amazon has struck a deal to use Falcon 9 rockets for some of its Project Kuiper satellites as well. (SpaceX Photo) Amazon’s Project Kuiper may be a competitor for SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband network, but business is business: Amazon says it has…
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Redwire’s Cutting-Edge Pharmaceutical In-Space Laboratory Successfully Installed on the ISS
Redwire’s new cutting-edge pharmaceutical manufacturing platform, PIL-BOX, was successfully installed on the International Space Station (ISS) for the inaugural PIL-01 investigation. The investigation, which launched to the ISS on SpaceX’s 29th cargo resupply mission (SpX-29) for NASA, is being conducted in partnership with Eli Lilly and Company and will include experiments focused on developing advanced…
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Amazon buys three launches from SpaceX for rival internet constellation
A pair of prototype satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet constellation are encapsulated in a pair of payload fairings for launch aboard a ULA Atlas 5 rocket. Image: ULA Tech giant Amazon is adding a fifth rocket to launch its satellite internet constellation. In a surprise move on Friday afternoon, the company announced it purchased…
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SpaceX launches ride share mission with South Korean spy satellite, first Irish satellite
A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Korea 425 mission from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX Kicking off the month of December for SpaceX was a Falcon 9 ride share mission with a payload of 25 spacecraft on board. The launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base was headlined by the…
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ESA Advances Radio Frequency Monitoring as Spire Global Joins Third Party Mission
As Earth’s population continues to grow, acquiring high-quality data to help predict the movement of the world’s resources is a priority. A specialist in this field, providing radio frequency datasets in near real-time, Spire Global announced that it has officially joined ESA’s prestigious Earthnet Third Party Mission (TPM) program. Spire first began launching satellites in…
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Tesat Delivers Optical Terminals for SDA Tranche 1 to Lockheed Martin
Tesat delivered the first optical communications terminals to Lockheed Martin for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer, the company announced Dec. 1. Lockheed will integrate the Tesat terminals on 42 small satellites that the company is building for the SDA’s data transport layer. These terminals recently completed ground interoperability tests for the SDA…
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Space Force Set to Launch X-37B Test Vehicle Aboard SpaceX Falcon Heavy
U.S. Space Systems Command on Nov. 30 said it is targeting December 10 for the launch of an X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch vehicle, marking the seventh mission for the Boeing-built unmanned spacecraft that will reenter Earth’s atmosphere and land as a space plane. The upcoming U.S. Space Force (USSF)-52 mission is…