Tag: Falcon 9
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Rocket Report: Rocket Lab to demo cargo delivery; America’s new ICBM in trouble
Welcome to Edition 7.43 of the Rocket Report! There’s been a lot of recent news in hypersonic testing. We cover some of that in this week’s newsletter, which is just a taste of the US military’s appetite for fielding its own hypersonic weapons, and conversely, the Pentagon’s emphasis on the detection and destruction of an…
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Rocket Report: Rocket Lab to demo cargo delivery; America’s new ICBM in trouble
Welcome to Edition 7.43 of the Rocket Report! There’s been a lot of recent news in hypersonic testing. We cover some of that in this week’s newsletter, which is just a taste of the US military’s appetite for fielding its own hypersonic weapons, and conversely, the Pentagon’s emphasis on the detection and destruction of an…
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SpaceX launch 28 Starlink satellites on 470th Falcon 9 rocket launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 6-93 mission on May 6, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update May 6, 9:51 p.m. EDT: SpaceX landed its first stage booster on the droneship, ‘Just Read the Instructions.’ SpaceX launched its…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches 250th mission from SLC-40
SpaceX has launched its 250th mission from SLC-40 in Florida this week. The company had up to four Starlink missions planned during the week and continues to reach new milestones. These include the first booster to reach 28 flights at the end of the week, following a scrub the night before. SpaceX has now exceeded…
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SpaceX puts Vandenberg launch on hold
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Starlink 7-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX Update May 3, 9 p.m. EDT: SpaceX has put this launch on hold and no new launch date has been announced Original story: SpaceX is preparing for its third Falcon 9 launch of the…
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SpaceX launches largest batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to date
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) on May 4, 2025, to begin the Starlink 6-84 mission, the first flight carrying 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update May 4, 5:15 a.m. EDT: SpaceX landed its first stage booster on its droneship. SpaceX launched its largest batch…
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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on 50th Falcon 9 rocket of 2025
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to begin the Starlink 12-10 mission on Monday, April 28, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 11:05 p.m. EDT: SpaceX landed the first stage booster on the droneship. SpaceX completed its second Falcon 9 rocket launch in less…
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Launch Roundup: Starlink missions fill launch manifest, Biomass and Alpha launch
JThis week’s schedule included up to six Starlink launches from Florida and California, but poor weather meant only four flew. Arianespace launched the Biomass satellite aboard a Vega C from Kourou, and Firefly Aerospace attempted to launch its first Alpha rocket of the year. SpaceX has already launched 50 times this year and celebrated its…
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SpaceX launches 27 Starlink launch from California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts of from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the Starlink 11-9 mission. Image: SpaceX Update 8:32 p.m. EDT: SpaceX confirmed successful deployment of the Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched the Starlink 11-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base with 27 Starlink V2 Mini…
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SpaceX’s rideshare Bandwagon-3 mission marks the 300th orbital flight from Cape Canaveral’s pad 40
SpaceX launches their Falcon 9 rocket on April 21, 2025 with a rideshare mission towards mid-inclination orbits from SLC-40 in Cape Canaveral, FL. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update 9:38 p.m. EDT: The Falcon 9 first stage booster successfully landed at Landing Zone 2. SpaceX completed its third Falcon 9 rocket launch in less than 48…