Tag: SLC-40
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SpaceX successfully conducts fifth Starlink launch – booster misses drone ship
SpaceX launched its fifth batch of Starlink internet satellites on Monday, Feb. 17 at 10:05 Eastern (15:05 UTC) from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The mission featured the fastest turnaround time to-date of a Falcon first stage booster. However, while a secondary objective, the booster missed its landing spot on the drone ship…
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SpaceX’s Third Operational Starlink Mission launches
SpaceX is continuing to launch its Starlink satellite internet constellation with the third operational launch, which took place on Wednesday following a few weather-related delays, ranging from upper level winds to sea state for the recovery fleet. The Starlink v1.0 L3 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Air…
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SpaceX kick-starts global 2020 launch year with Starlink mission
The first rocket flight of the 2020s was conducted by SpaceX, using its Falcon 9 to deliver the newest batch of 60 operational Starlink satellites into orbit. The mission not only represents the start of a busy year for SpaceX but also for the Eastern Range in Florida, which expects 48 launches this year from…
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SpaceX and Cape Canaveral Return to Action with First Operational Starlink Mission
After a little under three months without a mission from Florida’s launch pads, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Monday morning. Liftoff from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station occurred at 09:56 AM EST (14:56 UTC). The mission carried the first group of operational Starlink satellites to orbit. The launch was the first…
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SpaceX finally fires up Falcon 9 ahead of Starlink mission
After a three-month halt in orbital launches for SpaceX, the company has begun making a return to launch action, this time for a second dedicated Starlink Internet satellite mission. The Falcon 9 booster that will be used for this mission – estimated to be flight-proven core B1048.4 – was quickly static fired on the launch…
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Eastern Range updates ‘Drive to 48’ launches per year status
Just one week after launching a SpaceX Falcon 9 and a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in less than 35 hours of each other, the 45th Space Wing of the U.S. Air Force has provided an update to their goal of supporting a significantly increased launch rate from the Florida spaceport – with a…
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AMOS-17 launch, Eastern Range debuts rapid launch support
With all parties in agreement, the 45th Space Wing of the US Air Force and the Eastern Range in Florida are debuting their upgraded, rapid launch turnaround support, granting SpaceX approval to launch the AMOS-17 telecommunications satellite just 35 hours before United Launch Alliance lofts the AEHF-5 satellite on an Atlas V rocket from a…
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Falcon 9 finally conducts Static Fire test ahead of CRS-18 mission
SpaceX is preparing to launch its eighteenth contracted Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station using its Cargo Dragon spacecraft – with a target launch date of Wednesday. A key test ahead of the launch was the Static Fire test of the Falcon 9 booster tasked with launching the CRS-18 Dragon, which…
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Falcon 9 launches first Starlink mission – heaviest payload launch by SpaceX to date
The much-awaited and heralded launch of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellite constellation launched on Thursday. With the twice-flown Falcon 9 rocket on SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, SpaceX deployed the first batch of 60 Starlink satellites. The launch was slightly delayed due to unacceptable Upper Level Winds scrubbed the first launch attempt. Then,…
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Following Falcon 9 Saturday launch, CRS-17 Dragon arrives at the ISS
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft – on its CRS-17 resupply mission to the International Space Station – has arrived at the orbital outpost on Monday. Dragon launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral at 02:48 Eastern Time (06:48 UTC) on Saturday. Dragon’s CRS-17 mission is being flown as part of NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)…