Tag: Of Course I Still Love You
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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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Launch preview: Space Development Agency, SpaceX to launch next-gen national security satellites
21 satellites manufactured by York Space Systems for Space Development Agency’s upcoming Tranche 1 Transport Layer launch. Image: York Space Systems The first in a series of launches supporting a burgeoning satellite constellation for the Space Development Agency (SDA) is set to take flight Wednesday morning from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The SDA…
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SpaceX passes 2,000 Starlink satellites deployed in 2025 with Saturday launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sept. 6, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Sept. 6, 3:10 p.m. EDT: SpaceX confirms deployment of the 24 Starlink satellites. SpaceX deployed its 2,000th Starlink satellite of the year when its Falcon 9 rocket following a flight…
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SpaceX welcomes A Shortfall of Gravitas, shuffles Of Course I Still Love You west
On the morning of July 15, SpaceX’s long awaited droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas sailed into Port Canaveral, Florida. The vessel will bring the number of Florida-based droneships back to two following the relocation of Of Course I Still Love You to the west coast, allowing for more frequent launches of Falcon 9 and Falcon…
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Another Falcon 9 rocket returns to perch in Port Canaveral
A 156-foot-tall (47-meter) first stage from a Falcon 9 rocket sits at Port Canaveral on Saturday evening. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now The sixth Falcon 9 rocket booster recovered by SpaceX has returned to Port Canaveral after an up-and-down flight Aug. 14 that sent a commercial Japanese broadcasting satellite toward orbit. The 15-story first stage of…
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Falcon 9 rocket launches Japanese satellite, then nails bullseye landing
A Falcon 9 rocket blasts off with the JCSAT 16 communications satellite at 1:26 a.m. EDT (0526 GMT) Sunday. Credit: SpaceX Vaulting into a starry sky over Florida’s Space Coast, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully took off early Sunday with a Japanese video and data relay satellite, then stuck a landing on a barge…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches Japanese satellite, then lands at sea
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with the JCSAT 16 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s live video coverage begins at approximately 1:06 a.m. EDT (0506 GMT).
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with JCSAT 16
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral early Sunday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the JCSAT 16 communications satellite into orbit 32 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall rocket is poised for launch from Complex 40 at 1:26 a.m. EDT (0526 GMT) Sunday at the opening of a 120-minute…
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Falcon 9 rocket rumbles through pre-flight engine firing
File photo of a static fire test before a previous Falcon 9 launch. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX technicians planned to connect a Japanese communications satellite to the tip of a Falcon 9 rocket as soon as Thursday, eyeing a launch from Cape Canaveral just after midnight Sunday. Fixed on top of Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch…
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SpaceX’s latest booster back home as company mulls pricing, proof tests
A Falcon 9 first stage booster returned to Port Canaveral aboard SpaceX’s landing barge Thursday, six days after touching down following liftoff with the Thaicom 8 telecom satellite. Credit: SpaceX A Falcon 9 rocket core recovered after last week’s launch of a Thai communications satellite returned to port in Florida on Thursday as SpaceX preps…