Tag: Just Read the Instructions
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SpaceX aces 500th Falcon booster landing amid sunrise Starlink mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the Starlink 10-57 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein / Spaceflight Now Update Sept. 5, 9:40 a.m. EDT: SpaceX confirms deployment of the 28 Starlink satellites. SpaceX completed its 500th recovery of a Falcon booster during a Friday morning flight…
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SpaceX completes 400th Falcon booster landing on a drone ship
SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster completes a landing on the droneship, ‘Just Read the Instructions,’ during the Starlink 10-56 mission on Aug. 27, 2025. The recovery was the 400th landing of an orbital class rocket. Image: SpaceX A Falcon 9 rocket placed another 28 Starlink satellites into orbit shortly after sunrise on Wednesday and…
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SpaceX sets new rocket reuse records with successful Starlink launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 8:02 a.m. EST (1302 GMT) Wednesday. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX launched 60 more Starlink satellites Wednesday into a sunny sky over Florida’s Space Coast, adding more capacity and coverage to the company’s commercial broadband network while setting new records for…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites
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 17th batch of approximately 60 Starlink broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX mission audio”] [tabbyending]
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SpaceX rolls out Falcon 9 rocket for another Starlink mission
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 10:30 p.m. EST on Jan. 18 (0330 GMT on Jan. 19) with additional launch delay. A Falcon 9 rocket with a sooty first stage booster flown on seven previous launches arrived at the deck of pad 39A Sunday night. Credit: Spaceflight Now SpaceX rolled out a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday night to…
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SpaceX aborts liftoff of GPS satellite, continuing streak of launch scrubs
A Falcon 9 rocket aborted its launch just 2 seconds prior to liftoff Friday night. Credit: SpaceX For the fourth time this week, a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral was stopped with seconds remaining in the countdown Friday night, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket automatically aborted its liftoff with a new GPS navigation satellite…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with the GPS 3 SV04 navigation satellite
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Nov. 5 for new launch attempt. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Nov. 5 carrying the U.S. Air Force’s next GPS 3-series navigation satellite destined for an orbit more than 12,000 miles above Earth. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 40 at Cape…
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Live coverage: SpaceX aborts launch of GPS satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with the U.S. Air Force’s GPS 3 SV04 navigation satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX Mission Audio”] [tabbyending] SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior…
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Next SpaceX launch will wait for improved ocean conditions
Credit: Spaceflight Now The launch of SpaceX’s next 60 Starlink satellites will wait for better weather and sea conditions after currents were too strong for the company’s rocket landing platform to hold position in the Atlantic Ocean for a launch attempt Thursday. After scrubbing Thursday’s launch attempt, SpaceX initially said it might try again to…
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Live coverage: SpaceX grounds launch to wait for better recovery weather
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 13th batch of approximately 60 Starlink broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter