Tag: Falcon 9
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SpaceX launches Starlink mission on third attempt from Kennedy Space Center
On its third launch attempt, SpaceX was able to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 6-44 mission on March 15, 2024. Image: Pete Carstens/Spaceflight Now The third time proved to be the charm for SpaceX as it was able to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 6-44 mission Friday night from…
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SpaceX completes double launch day with its second Starlink mission
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX completed a double launch day on Sunday with the flight of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The Starlink 7-17 mission will add another 23 satellites to the growing low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from Space Launch…
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SpaceX launches Starlink mission, prepares to undock a Crew Dragon from ISS Monday
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the sunset launch of the Starlink 6-43 mission on March 10, 2024. Image: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now SpaceX is closing out the weekend with a pair of planned Falcon 9 launches from Florida and California while also preparing…
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News from the Press Site: A roundup of the week’s space news
Join us for a roundup of the week’s space news with reporters covering the big stories. Spaceflight Now’s Will Robinson-Smith is joined by Irene Klotz, Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, and Richard Tribou, Space Reporter and Senior Content Editor for The Orlando Sentinel. Among the topics of discussion, the panel will talk about the…
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Propulsion demo, climate change monitoring satellite among 53 payloads launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 rideshare flight
A collection of 53 payloads are encapsulated inside a pair of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload fairings ahead of the launch of the Transporter-10 rideshare mission set for March 4, 2024. Image: SpaceX For a tenth time in a little more than three years, SpaceX conducted a rideshare mission, carrying dozens of small payloads, called CubeSats…
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SpaceX launched Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with 23 Starlink satellites
A Falcon 9 rocket soars through thick fog around Florida’s Space Coast during the launch of the Starlink 6-41 mission on Monday, March 4, 2024. Image: Pete Carstens/Max Q Productions for Spaceflight Now Coming on the heels of the successful launch of the four-person Crew-8 mission heading up to the International Space Station, SpaceX pulled…
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The world’s most-traveled crew transport spacecraft flies again
SpaceX’s oldest Crew Dragon spacecraft launched Sunday night on its fifth mission to the International Space Station, and engineers are crunching data to see if the fleet of Dragons can safely fly as many as 15 times. It has been five years since SpaceX launched the first Crew Dragon spacecraft on an unpiloted test flight…
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SpaceX launches Transporter-10 rideshare from Vandenberg
On Monday, March 4, 2024, SpaceX launched the Transporter-10 rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB). Liftoff occurred at 2:05 PM PST (22:05 UTC). Deployment of payloads from the second stage to two Sun-synchronous orbits (SSO) at altitudes of approximately 520 kilometers and 600 kilometers began almost an hour…
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ISS Roundup: Cygnus NG-20, Axiom Mission 3, and Progress MS-26
This month, the International Space Station (ISS) has seen a flurry of activity, from experiments to vehicle arrivals and departures. Multiple resupply missions by Cygnus and Progress have kept the crew of Expedition 70 healthy onboard the Station. Meanwhile, a private mission from Axiom headed back to Earth with the first-ever all-European commercial crew, and…
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SpaceX launches its 50th person to space on ISS-bound Crew-8 mission
A Falcon 9 rocket, with Crew Dragon Endeavour on top, lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the Crew-8 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now For the second time this year, SpaceX sent a quartet of people up to the International Space Station using its Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon…