Tag: broadband
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Delta 4-Heavy launch delayed by ground system issue
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Sept. 25, 26 and 27 with launch delays. ULA’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket is revealed during retraction of the launch pad’s mobile gantry before a launch attempt last month. Credit: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance’s next launch attempt for its Delta 4-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral with a top secret U.S. government spy…
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OneWeb to resume launches in December after bankruptcy
A Soyuz rocket loaded with 34 OneWeb satellites stands on a launch pad in February at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now Seeking to clear bankruptcy under new ownership before the end of the year, OneWeb announced Monday it is set to resume launching satellites for its global broadband network…
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Next SpaceX launch will wait for improved ocean conditions
Credit: Spaceflight Now The launch of SpaceX’s next 60 Starlink satellites will wait for better weather and sea conditions after currents were too strong for the company’s rocket landing platform to hold position in the Atlantic Ocean for a launch attempt Thursday. After scrubbing Thursday’s launch attempt, SpaceX initially said it might try again to…
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Live coverage: SpaceX grounds launch to wait for better recovery weather
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch SpaceX’s 13th batch of approximately 60 Starlink broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter
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SpaceX plans Falcon 9 launch Thursday from Kennedy Space Center
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rolls out of the hangar at pad 39A in this file photo. Credit: SpaceX Forecasters predict a 60 percent chance of favorable weather for launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to carry more Starlink broadband satellites into orbit. The launch —…
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SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, beta testing well underway
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A Thursday with 60 more Starlink satellites. Credit: SpaceX Sixty more satellites launched Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center to join SpaceX’s Starlink fleet, adding coverage to the broadband network as it is already “well into the first phase of testing.” The next 60 Starlink relay nodes…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch SpaceX’s 12th batch of approximately 60 Starlink broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter [tabby title=”SpaceX webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX mission audio”] [tabbyending]
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Launch of NRO spy satellite delayed at least a week
Credit: United Launch Alliance The launch from Cape Canaveral of a top secret spy satellite for the U.S. government was aborted at the last moment early Saturday as its United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket ignited three main engines, a dramatic cutoff of the countdown that will delay the mission by at least one week.…
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SpaceX poised for back-to-back launches Sunday at Cape Canaveral
EDITOR’S NOTE: SpaceX called off the Starlink launch attempt early Sunday after stormy weather held up preps at pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. For up-to-date information, see our status centers for the Starlink and SAOCOM 1B missions. A Falcon 9 rocket stands on pad 40 Saturday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Credit: SpaceX…
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Up to three launches planned this weekend from Cape Canaveral
In this long exposure file photo from May 2019, a Falcon 9 rocket is seen streaking into space from Cape Canaveral, with its first stage booster returning to landing minutes later on a drone ship just offshore. Credit: SpaceX Delays have set up the possibility of up to three rocket launches this weekend from different…