Tag: SpaceX
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SpaceX completes double launch day with Starlink 6-69 launch
Updated 4:47 p.m. EST (2147 UTC): SpaceX landed the first stage booster on its droneship. A Falcon 9 roars away from Cape Canaveral on Nov. 11, 2024, carrying 24 Starlink satellites. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. SpaceX capped off the Veteran’s Day holiday with the second in a of pair of Falcon 9 rocket launches from…
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SpaceX targets Starship Flight 6 launch on November 18
A merging of multiple photographs of SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster as it made its way down to be caught my the ‘Mechazilla’ launch tower during the Starlink Flight 5 mission on Oct. 13, 2024. Image: SpaceX Less than a month after launching its Starship rocket and catching its booster, SpaceX is targeting a sixth test…
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Rocket Report: Australia says yes to the launch; Russia delivers for Iran
Welcome to Edition 7.19 of the Rocket Report! Okay, we get it. We received more submissions from our readers on Australia’s approval of a launch permit for Gilmour Space than we’ve received on any other news story in recent memory. Thank you for your submissions as global rocket activity continues apace. We’ll cover Gilmour in…
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Rocket Report: Australia says yes to the launch; Russia delivers for Iran
Welcome to Edition 7.19 of the Rocket Report! Okay, we get it. We received more submissions from our readers on Australia’s approval of a launch permit for Gilmour Space than we’ve received on any other news story in recent memory. Thank you for your submissions as global rocket activity continues apace. We’ll cover Gilmour in…
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from California with 20 Starlink satellites
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from California carrying 20 Starlink satellites. Image: SpaceX. A Falcon 9 rocket lofted another batch of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service from California on Friday. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 10:14 p.m. PST (1:14 a.m. EST, 0614 UTC…
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NRO chief: “You can’t hide” from our new swarm of SpaceX-built spy satellites
The director of the National Reconnaissance Office has a message for US adversaries around the world. “You can’t hide, because we’re constantly looking,” said Chris Scolese, a longtime NASA engineer who took the helm of the US government’s spy satellite agency in 2019. The NRO is taking advantage of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite assembly line to…
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NRO chief: “You can’t hide” from our new swarm of SpaceX-built spy satellites
The director of the National Reconnaissance Office has a message for US adversaries around the world. “You can’t hide, because we’re constantly looking,” said Chris Scolese, a longtime NASA engineer who took the helm of the US government’s spy satellite agency in 2019. The NRO is taking advantage of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite assembly line to…
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SpaceX aces Starlink 6-77 mission launch from Cape Canaveral on 3rd launch attempt
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 6-77 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Nov. 6, 2:56 p.m. EST: SpaceX pushed the planned T-0 liftoff time to the end of the launch window. Update Nov. 6, 7:17 p.m. EST:…
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As it happened: SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon docks with the International Space Station
Watch the @SpaceX #Dragon cargo spacecraft approach the station and dock at 9:55am ET today to deliver over 6,000 pounds of science, supplies, and hardware to the Exp 72 crew live on @NASA+ now. https://t.co/z5EioO2GTf — International Space Station (@Space_Station) November 5, 2024 SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station to begin…
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SpaceX launches 400th Falcon rocket on 31st cargo resupply mission to the space station for NASA
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket liftoff from Launch Complex 39A to begin the Cargo Resupply Services 31 (CRS-31) to the International Space Station for NASA. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched its 31st resupply mission to the International Space Station on Monday night. The mission, dubbed Commercial Resupply Services-31 (CRS-31) ferried more than 6,000 pounds…