Tag: Falcon 9
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SpaceX breaks its California pad turnaround record with sunset Starlink launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 11-21 mission on Oct. 27, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 27, 9:50 p.m. EDT (0150 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 28 Starlink satellites. Correction Oct. 29: Fixed error regarding the timing of…
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SpaceX marks 5th anniversary of first Starlink customer with Sunday satellite launch
SpaceX launches its Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Starlink 10-21 mission on Oct. 26, 2025. Image: John Pisani / Spaceflight Now Update Oct. 26, 1 p.m. EDT (1700 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of its 28 Starlink satellites. SpaceX completed a Sunday morning Falcon…
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SpaceX surpasses 2024 orbital launch record with Saturday Starlink mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies away from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 11-12 mission on Oct. 25, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 25, 11:35 a.m. EDT (1535 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 28 Starlink satellites. SpaceX kicked off the weekend with a Falcon 9…
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SpaceX expends Falcon 9 booster to launch Spainsat NG 2 communications satellite
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket streaks across the sky on the SpainSat NG-2 mission for Hisdesat as seen from St. Cloud, Florida. Image: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now Update Oct. 23, 10:25 p.m. EDT (0225 UTC): SpaceX deployed the SpainSat NG-2 satellite. A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage flew Thursday for the 21st and final time…
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on 550th Falcon 9 mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the Starlink 11-5 mission on Oct. 22, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 22, 11:30 a.m. EDT (1533 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of the 28 Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched its 550th Falcon 9 mission since the…
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the Starlink 11-19 mission on Oct. 19, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 19, 5 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC): SpaceX deployed the 28 Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched its 50th Falcon 9 rocket of the year from…
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SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket on record-breaking 31st flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 10-17 mission. This was the record-breaking 31st flight of Falcon 9 booster, 1067. Image: Adam Bernstein / Spaceflight Now SpaceX broke another reuse record on Sunday when it launched a Falcon 9 booster…
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SpaceX sends 28 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit in predawn launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 10-52 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein / Spaceflight Now Update Oct. 16, 6:50 a.m. EDT (1050 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 28 Starlink satellites. Update Oct. 15, 3:07 p.m. EDT (1907 UTC): SpaceX…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches five missions in one week
Following the successful flight of Starship Flight 11 on Monday, SpaceX continued its impressive launch cadence with five Falcon 9 missions in one week: three Starlink missions, one Kuiper mission (weather-delayed from last week), and a mission for the Space Development Agency. Internationally, China has launched four times during the week, and Rocket Lab successfully…
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SpaceX launches 2nd batch of satellites for Space Development Agency following weather scrub
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Oct. 16, 2025. The rocket carried 21 satellites, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, to low Earth orbit on the Tranche 1 Transport Layer C mission for the Space Development Agency. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 15, 7:38 p.m.…