Tag: Earth observation
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Images: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, catches rocket’s payload fairing
Credit: SpaceX Photo and video imagery from the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday show the launcher vaulting into space from Cape Canaveral with another batch of nearly 60 Starlink satellites, followed by the successful recovery of the rocket’s first stage booster and payload shroud offshore. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket lifted off from…
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SpaceX adds more satellites to ever-growing Starlink network
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 Tuesday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Credit: William Harwood/CBS News A Falcon 9 rocket loaded with 58 more broadband relay nodes for SpaceX’s Starlink Internet network took off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, bringing the total number of Starlink craft launched since May 2019 to 653…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The mission will launch SpaceX’s 11th batch of Starlink broadband satellites, plus three SkySat Earth-imaging satellites for Planet. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter [tabby title=”SpaceX webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX mission…
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More Starlinks and SkySats ready for launch Tuesday from Cape Canaveral
Three Planet SkySat Earth-imaging satellites will accompany 58 SpaceX Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket launch set for Tuesday. Credit: SpaceX The last planned batch of high-resolution SkySat commercial Earth-viewing reconnaissance satellites owned by Planet will accompany 58 Starlink broadband relay stations on a climb into orbit Tuesday from Cape Canaveral on top of…
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SpaceX closes out busy week with launch of more Starlink satellites
A Falcon 9 rocket takes off from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 1:12 a.m. EDT (0512 GMT) Friday. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now With a Falcon 9 rocket launch Friday, SpaceX added 57 more satellites to the Starlink broadband fleet and deployed a pair of piggyback commercial Earth-imaging reconnaissance satellites for…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches more Starlinks from Kennedy Space Center
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 tenth batch of Starlink broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX mission audio”] [tabbyending] Spaceflight Now members can…
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After delays, Falcon 9 rocket back on launch pad with Starlink satellites
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands vertical on pad 39A on Thursday morning. Credit: Spaceflight Now After a six-week delay for undisclosed reasons, SpaceX raised a Falcon 9 vertical on its launch pad Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for another try early Friday to send into orbit the company’s next batch of Starlink…
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Earth observation and research satellites ride Chinese rocket into orbit
China launches a Long March 2D rocket Thursday from the Jiuquan space base. Credit: Xinhua China sent an Earth observation satellite and a university-built research payload into orbit Thursday aboard a Long March 2D rocket. The Long March 2D booster launched from the Jiuquan space base in northwestern China at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT;…
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Rocket Lab identifies faulty electrical connector as cause of launch failure
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket lifts off from New Zealand on July 4 with seven small satellites. The rocket’s upper stage shut down prematurely, resulting in the loss of all seven payloads. Credit: Rocket Lab A detached electrical connector on the second stage of Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket caused a failure on a July 4…
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China launches high-resolution mapping satellite
A Long March 4B rocket lifts off Saturday with the Ziyuan 3-03 mapping satellite and two secondary payloads. Credit: Xinhua China launched a Long March 4B rocket Saturday with a high-resolution mapping satellite for the Chinese Ministry of Natural Resources and two smaller spacecraft designed for astronomical observations and data relay services. The three-stage rocket…