Tag: SpaceX
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After back-to-back failures, SpaceX tests its fixes on the next Starship
SpaceX fired six Raptor engines on the company’s next Starship rocket Monday, clearing a major hurdle on the path to launch later this month on a high-stakes test flight to get the private rocket program back on track. Starship ignited its Raptor engines Monday morning on a test stand near SpaceX’s Starbase launch facility in…
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Axiom Mission 4 delayed due to Dragon capsule readiness
[Left] Ax-4 Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, Commander Peggy Whitson, and Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski [Right] have been training to live and work aboard the space station for the past eight months in preparation for their mission, which is targeted to launch no earlier than June 8, 2025. Image: Axiom Space The debut…
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SpaceX launches 475th Falcon 9 rocket to date on afternoon Starlink flight
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 6-67 mission on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now SpaceX returned to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Wednesday afternoon with its Falcon 9 rocket. The company launched…
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Launch Roundup: Orbital launches from five countries planned
On the heels of a busy April, activity is ramping up for May with launches from five countries and six launch sites on three continents this week. A new orbital launch site in Australia was scheduled to make its debut, but was delayed due to an issue with the launch vehicle, while launches from sites…
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites using Falcon booster making a record 28th flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, to begin the Starlink 6-83 mission. This was the 100th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from LC-39A. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update May 13, 1:30 a.m. EDT: SpaceX landed the first stage booster on its droneship, ‘Just Read…
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SpaceX launches 900th Starlink satellite of 2025 during Saturday morning flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 6-91 mission on Saturday, May 10, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update May 10, 3:04 a.m. EDT: SpaceX landed its first stage booster on its droneship. SpaceX launched its 900th Starlink satellite…
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SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Bast to begin the Starlink 15-3 mission on Friday, May 9, 2025. Image: SpaceX. SpaceX launched its first Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force of the month, after previously scrubbing the flight nearly a week ago.…
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Rocket Report: Rocket Lab to demo cargo delivery; America’s new ICBM in trouble
Welcome to Edition 7.43 of the Rocket Report! There’s been a lot of recent news in hypersonic testing. We cover some of that in this week’s newsletter, which is just a taste of the US military’s appetite for fielding its own hypersonic weapons, and conversely, the Pentagon’s emphasis on the detection and destruction of an…
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Rocket Report: Rocket Lab to demo cargo delivery; America’s new ICBM in trouble
Welcome to Edition 7.43 of the Rocket Report! There’s been a lot of recent news in hypersonic testing. We cover some of that in this week’s newsletter, which is just a taste of the US military’s appetite for fielding its own hypersonic weapons, and conversely, the Pentagon’s emphasis on the detection and destruction of an…
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FAA green-lights Starship launches every other week from Starbase
Although we are still waiting for SpaceX to signal when it will fly the Starship rocket again, the company got some good news from the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday. After a lengthy review, the federal agency agreed to allow SpaceX to substantially increase the number of annual launches from its Starbase launch site in…