Tag: SLC-40
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SpaceX successfully launches Starlink v1.0 L20 mission
As SpaceX continues its push towards a new record number of launches in a single year, the company has launched the Starlink v1.0 L20 mission — the 20th launch of operational Starlink satellites and the 21st Starlink launch overall. The launch from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred as scheduled at 3:13 am…
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SpaceX successfully launches Starlink v1.0 L19 mission, loses first stage during landing
SpaceX launched another set of 60 satellites for their Starlink internet constellation on Monday, February 15 at 22:59 EST (Tuesday, February 16 at 03:59 UTC) from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The payload was successfully deployed into low Earth orbit; however, the first stage B1059 booster was lost during its landing attempt.…
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Transporter-1 debuts new SpaceX rideshare program, world record
SpaceX launched their third mission of 2021 and the first of many planned Smallsat Rideshare Program missions, which are designed by the company to give small satellite operators the chance to launch together as a way to reduce cost on regularly scheduled flights to frequently used orbits. The flight, called Transporter-1, lifted off with a…
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SpaceX lofts Turkish satellite to orbit in first global launch of the year
SpaceX began the global launch year with the flight of Türksat 5A, a Turkish communications satellite. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket occurred from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida during a 4-hour launch window on Thursday evening, with liftoff at 21:25 EST (8 January at 02:15 UTC). The payload: Türksat…
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SpaceX Conducts First Polar Launch from Cape in over 50 Years
SpaceX has conducted the first polar launch from Florida since 1969. On board the Falcon 9 rocket was the Argentinean SAOCOM-1B satellite and two American secondary payloads. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) occurred at 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC) on Sunday. The 45th Weather Squadron predicted a 40% chance of acceptable weather for…
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SpaceX Conducts First Polar Launch from Cape in over 50 Years
SpaceX has conducted the first polar launch from Florida since 1969. On board the Falcon 9 rocket was the Argentinean SAOCOM-1B satellite and two American secondary payloads. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) occurred at 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC) on Sunday. The 45th Weather Squadron predicted a 40% chance of acceptable weather for…
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SpaceX Breaks Record with Booster’s Sixth Flight
SpaceX has broken another reuse record on the Starlink v1.0 L10 mission. For the first time, a Falcon 9 first stage has launched a sixth mission, this one carrying three rideshare payloads along with a batch of Starlink satellites. Liftoff of the eleventh overall Starlink mission, and the tenth launch of the Version 1.0 satellites,…
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SpaceX launches third GPS Block III satellite
SpaceX launched their Falcon 9 rocket with the third Block III Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite, named SV03. Block III is the next generation of GPS satellites, replacing the aging Block II series. This will be SpaceX’s second GPS launch, out of the five they have been awarded so far. This mission launched at the…
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SpaceX launches first Starlink rideshare mission with Planet Labs
As SpaceX continues to roll through its 2020 launch campaign, the company launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites to low Earth orbit, along with 3 small satellites provided by Planet Labs Inc. The mission launched on a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida…
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Planet Labs SkySats to rideshare with SpaceX Starlink launches
Planet Labs Inc. has announced they will launch six SkySat satellites, SkySats 16-21, on Falcon 9 rockets as rideshare missions on two Starlink launches. These six satellites will help provide Planet with more imaging coverage to complement the 15 other SkySat satellites, SkySat 1-15, in Sun-Synchronous Orbits (SSO). (Lead Image: Julia Bergeron, NSF) Over the…