Tag: Rideshare
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SpaceX sweetens the deal for satellite rideshare launches, and Starlink is in on it
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket executes a 64-satellite launch for Seattle-based Spaceflight in December 2018. Now SpaceX is planning rideshare missions without Spaceflight’s involvement. (SpaceX Photo) Three weeks after announcing that it’s getting into the rideshare market for launching small satellites, SpaceX slashed its prices by more than half – and said it’ll be offering rideshare…
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Spaceflight strikes a deal to put rideshare satellites on Relativity Space’s rocket
An artist’s conception shows Relativity Space’s Terran 1 rocket lifting off from Launch Complex 16 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. (Relativity Space Illustration) Seattle-based Spaceflight has signed a launch services agreement to put payloads on Relativity Space’s Terran 1 rocket. Relativity, a startup that got its start in Seattle but is now headquartered in…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg on SSO-A rideshare mission
The first of two launches by SpaceX this week lifted off Monday, Dec. 3, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying 64 microsatellites and CubeSats to an orbit more than 350 miles (575 kilometers) above Earth. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10:34:05 a.m. PST (1:34:05 p.m. EST; 1834:05 GMT) Monday from Space…
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Photos: Twice-flown Falcon 9 rocket prepared for third mission
SpaceX is readying a Falcon 9 rocket booster for launch Monday at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on a record-setting mission with 64 smallsats on-board that will also mark the launch provider’s first use of the same first stage for a third flight. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is set for liftoff at 10:31:47 a.m. PST…
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Spaceflight’s 64-satellite rideshare mission set to last five hours
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Falcon 9 rocket launched on the SSO-A mission at 10:34:05 a.m. PST (1:34:05 p.m. EST; 1834:05 GMT) Monday, Dec. 3. Story updated at 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT) to remove ROSE 1 from the payload list. Video credit: Spaceflight Industries When SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket takes off with 64 small satellites — a payload…
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SpaceX launches swarm of satellites, flies rocket for third time
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off Monday at 10:34 a.m. PST (1:34 p.m. EST; 1834 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX Setting new commercial launch and satellite industry records, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled by a first stage booster launched and recovered two times before soared…
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Timeline of Falcon 9’s launch on the SSO-A mission
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent to orbit with 64 smallsats on Spaceflight’s SSO-A: SmallSat Express rideshare mission. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket will lift off Monday at 10:31 a.m. PST (1:31 p.m. EST; 1831 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Data source: SpaceX T-0:00:00:…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches record-setting mission from California
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with Spaceflight’s SSO-A: SmallSat Express rideshare mission carrying 64 smallsats into orbit for a variety of U.S. and international customers. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes…
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SpaceX launch Monday will signify a new advance in reusing rockets
EDITOR’S NOTE: SpaceX announced early Sunday that the SSO-A launch has been delayed to Monday to allow additional inspections on the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage. The rocket set to launch the Spaceflight SSO-A rideshare mission Monday previously flew twice — on May 11 from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, and on Aug. 7…
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SpaceX postpones California launch to wait for better weather
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Nov. 28 with SpaceX confirmation of new Dec. 2 launch date. Spaceflight’s mission patch for the SSO-A: SmallSat Express flight, with flags representing nations with payloads on the rideshare launch. Credit: Spaceflight SpaceX has postponed Wednesday’s scheduled launch from California’s Central Coast with 64 smallsats, electing to keep the Falcon 9 rocket…