Tag: SpaceX
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SpaceX launches Fram2 crewed mission to historic polar orbit
SpaceX launched its next private human spaceflight mission, Fram2, from Florida on Monday evening. The mission, featuring a collection of civilian scientists, entrepreneurs, and explorers flying onboard Crew Dragon Resilience, is the first-ever human spaceflight mission to fly to a polar orbit. Liftoff of Falcon 9 and Resilience occurred on Monday, March 31, at 9:46 PM…
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SpaceX launches Fram2 crewed mission to historic polar orbit
SpaceX launched its next private human spaceflight mission, Fram2, from Florida on Monday evening. The mission, featuring a collection of civilian scientists, entrepreneurs, and explorers flying onboard Crew Dragon Resilience, is the first-ever human spaceflight mission to fly to a polar orbit. Liftoff of Falcon 9 and Resilience occurred on Monday, March 31, at 9:46 PM…
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 6-80 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update March 31, 4:40 p.m. EDT: SpaceX landed the first stage booster on the droneship. A day after poor weather prevented a Sunday flight, SpaceX launched…
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SpaceX Continues Progress on Next Generation Facilities
With the downtime between Flight 8 and Flight 9, SpaceX is continuing to build Orbital Launch Pad B and has started the demolition of High Bay. Pad B is SpaceX’s next-generation Orbital Launch Pad, while the demolition of High Bay will make way for Gigabay, the next-generation construction and servicing facility. Orbital Pad B SpaceX…
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Rocket Report: Stoke is stoked; sovereignty is the buzzword in Europe
Welcome to Edition 7.37 of the Rocket Report! It’s been interesting to watch how quickly European officials have embraced ensuring they have a space launch capability independent of other countries. A few years ago, European government satellites regularly launched on Russian Soyuz rockets, and more recently on SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets from the United States.…
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Fram2 astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of polar spaceflight
The four astronauts of the Fram2 mission stand atop the crew access tower at Launch Complex 39A during a pad visit in mid-February. From left to right: Eric Philips, Chun Wang, Rabea Rogge, Jannicke Mikkelsen. Image: Fram2 Update March 30, 1:12 a.m. EDT: SpaceX completed a static fire test of its Falcon 9 rocket. Less…
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SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) to begin the Starlink 11-7 mission with 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites onboard. Image: SpaceX SpaceX sent a batch of 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket launch Wednesday afternoon. The flight tied the…
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SpaceX launches national security satellite for NRO on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
A SpaceX Falcon rocket lifted of from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) to begin the NROL-69 mission on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office and the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now The National Reconnaissance Office, which manages the American military’s spy satellites, launched its fifth mission of the 2025 out…
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Launch Roundup: Spectrum, Electron, and Falcon 9 fly missions
This week included three launches scheduled for Wednesday and the third Electron rocket to fly within 12 days. SpaceX kicked off the week with the launch of a classified mission on Monday. Two Starlink missions also flew alongside two others from China this week. Firefly Aerospace postponed the sixth flight of its Alpha rocket, following…
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SpaceX launches 450th Falcon 9 rocket, breaks booster turnaround record on NRO mission
A streak shot of the liftoff and booster landing for the NROL-57 mission on March 21, 2025. Image: SpaceX The National Reconnaissance Office launched its eighth batch of satellites to support its proliferated architecture constellation. The mission includes a number of notable milestones for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket program, including a record-fast turnaround time for…