Tag: Falcon 9
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Sunset SpaceX launch adds 29 more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off near sunset on Dec. 2, 2025, to begin the Starlink 6-95 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Dec. 2, 6:36 p.m. EST (2336 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of the Starlink satellites. SpaceX completed its third Falcon 9 launch in less than two days. The latest was late afternoon…
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Launch Roundup: Launch manifest to feature 10 launches during first week of December
The first week of December features 10 orbital launches from six different providers across four continents. SpaceX will launch five Starlink missions, deploying satellites to various orbital shells from California and Florida. Internationally, Arianespace launched South Korea’s KOMPSAT-7 Earth observation satellite on Vega C, Rocket Lab will fly JAXA’s RAISE-4 technology demonstrator on Electron, and…
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SpaceX launches evening Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies away from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 15-10 mission on Dec. 1, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Dec. 2, 1:40 a.m. EST (0640 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of the 27 Starlink satellites. SpaceX launch its latest Falcon 9 rocket of the year from Vandenberg Space Force Base on…
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SpaceX kicks off December with predawn Falcon 9 rocket launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to begin the Starlink 6-86 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Dec. 1, 3 a.m. EST (0800 UTC): SpaceX landed its booster on the droneship. SpaceX kicked off the month of December with a launch supporting its Starlink broadband…
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SpaceX launches 140 spacecraft on Transporter-15 rideshare mission
A glimpse of the 140 payloads onboard SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission. Image: SpaceX Update Nov. 28, 5:45 p.m. EST (2345 UTC): SpaceX deployed all payloads designed to separate from the rocket. The second time proved to be the charm as SpaceX successfully launched 140 payloads onboard its Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches 140 payloads on Transporter-15
SpaceX launched 140 commercial payloads to Sun-synchronous orbit on its sixth rideshare mission of the year, Transporter-15. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 4-E (SLC-4E) on Nov. 28 at 10:44 PST (18:44 UTC). The mission’s first stage, booster B1071, flew on its 30th mission to date, making it…
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SpaceX scrubs Transporter-15 launch, targets Friday for next attempt
SpaceX scrubbed the Transporter-15 mission on Wednesday, Nov. 26, prior to loading liquid oxygen on the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage. Image: SpaceX via livestream Update 1:15 p.m. EST (1815 UTC): SpaceX scrubbed the launch attempt and is now targeting launch on Friday, Nov. 28. SpaceX is preparing to fly dozens of spacecraft into a…
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Launch Roundup: Soyuz launches ISS crew; Vega C and Falcon 9 launch customer missions
This week has seen seven launches from five different rockets from across the world. SpaceX launched two missions on its workhorse Falcon 9, while a Russian Soyuz launched three new crew members towards the International Space Station from Kazakhstan. A Russian military payload launched atop an Angara 1.2 from northern Russia, and South Korea launched…
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SpaceX Marks 500th Reused-Rocket Orbital Mission With Launch of EU Ocean-Mapping Satellite
SpaceX launched a European ocean-monitoring satellite from California early Monday, completing the company’s 500th orbital mission using a flight-proven rocket booster. The Sentinel-6B spacecraft lifted off atop a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:21 a.m. EST (0521 GMT). “Sentinel-6B rising, extending nearly four decades of the precise sea-level record from space,” NASA…
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Launch Roundup: Shenzhou-22 flies un-crewed to Tiangong, SpaceX launch four Falcon 9 missions
In another busy week of launches, SpaceX launched four Falcon 9 missions — four are Starlink missions; a fifth, the Transporter 15 rideshare mission, was expected but has now been pushed back to next week. Internationally, China has launched three rockets from Jiuquan and Xichang, including an uncrewed mission to the Tiangong space station. The…