Tag: SpaceX
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on 550th Falcon 9 mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the Starlink 11-5 mission on Oct. 22, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 22, 11:30 a.m. EDT (1533 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of the 28 Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched its 550th Falcon 9 mission since the…
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NASA Opens Competition for Artemis III Lunar Lander
NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy revealed that the agency is reopening the contract for the first U.S. crewed lunar landing since the 1970s, inviting proposals from companies beyond SpaceX’s Starship. The move aims to accelerate the Artemis III mission and ensure American astronauts return to the Moon’s surface before China’s planned landing by 2030, amid…
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SpaceX’s SLC-6 redevelopment green light
In a pivotal step forward for an increase in commercial spaceflight from the West Coast, the Department of the Air Force (DAF) has issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) authorizing sweeping changes to SpaceX’s launch and landing aspirations at the Vandenberg Space Force Base. The decision clears the path…
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the Starlink 11-19 mission on Oct. 19, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 19, 5 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC): SpaceX deployed the 28 Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched its 50th Falcon 9 rocket of the year from…
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SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket on record-breaking 31st flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 10-17 mission. This was the record-breaking 31st flight of Falcon 9 booster, 1067. Image: Adam Bernstein / Spaceflight Now SpaceX broke another reuse record on Sunday when it launched a Falcon 9 booster…
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SpaceX sends 28 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit in predawn launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 10-52 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein / Spaceflight Now Update Oct. 16, 6:50 a.m. EDT (1050 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 28 Starlink satellites. Update Oct. 15, 3:07 p.m. EDT (1907 UTC): SpaceX…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches five missions in one week
Following the successful flight of Starship Flight 11 on Monday, SpaceX continued its impressive launch cadence with five Falcon 9 missions in one week: three Starlink missions, one Kuiper mission (weather-delayed from last week), and a mission for the Space Development Agency. Internationally, China has launched four times during the week, and Rocket Lab successfully…
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SpaceX launches 2nd batch of satellites for Space Development Agency following weather scrub
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Oct. 16, 2025. The rocket carried 21 satellites, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, to low Earth orbit on the Tranche 1 Transport Layer C mission for the Space Development Agency. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 15, 7:38 p.m.…
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SpaceX launches final Version 2 Starship-Super Heavy rocket
SpaceX launches its 11th Starship-Super Heavy rocket from its headquarters at Starbase, Texas, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. Image: SpaceX SpaceX closed a chapter in its Starship saga on Monday. It launched what appeared to be a nearly flawless suborbital mission with its Version 2 Starship-Super Heavy rocket, the final flight for this iteration of…
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SpaceX launches 24 Amazon Kuiper satellites following days of weather delays
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars away from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Kuiper Falcon 03 mission. The mission adds another 24 Project Kuiper satellites into low Earth orbit for Amazon. Image: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now Update Oct. 13, 11:27 p.m. EDT (0327 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment…