Tag: Starlink
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SpaceX completes 550th booster landing amid Saturday night Falcon 9 flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number 1093, landed on the drone ship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You,’ amid the Starlink 15-12 mission. This was the 550th successful landing of a Falcon booster. Image: SpaceX via livestream SpaceX completed its 550th successful booster landing as part of a late night launch from…
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SpaceX breaks launch pad turnaround record with flight of Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral carrying 29 Starlink satellites headed to low earth orbit. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. SpaceX launched another batch of 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit on its Falcon 9 rocket Thursday afternoon breaking its pad turnaround record by nearly five hours. Liftoff from pad…
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SpaceX launches 160th Falcon 9 rocket of 2025
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on the Starlink 15-11 mission on Dec. 10, 2025. This was the 160th Falcon 9 launch of 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Dec. 10, 9 a.m. EST (1400 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 27 Starlink satellites. SpaceX executed a pre-dawn launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday morning.…
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Launch Roundup: China, Russia, Rocket Lab, ULA join SpaceX in flying this week
The upcoming launch week, starting on Monday, Dec. 8, is a very busy one as 2025 enters its final stretch. At least six Chinese launches are planned from four different space centers across the country, while Russia expects to launch twice, once from Plesetsk and another from Baikonur. The United Launch Alliance is planning to…
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on the Starlink 11-15 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Dec. 7, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Dec. 7, 3 p.m. EST (2000 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 28 Starlink satellites. SpaceX closed out the weekend with a mid-morning Falcon 9…
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SpaceX launches 3,000th Starlink satellite in 2025 on record-setting 32nd flight of Falcon 9 booster
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 8, 2025, to begin the Starlink 6-92 mission. SpaceX used the Falcon 9 booster, 1067, which made its record breaking 32nd flight. Image: Adam Bernstein / Spaceflight Now Update Dec. 8, 6:31 p.m. EST (2331 UTC):…
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Sunset SpaceX launch adds 29 more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off near sunset on Dec. 2, 2025, to begin the Starlink 6-95 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Dec. 2, 6:36 p.m. EST (2336 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of the Starlink satellites. SpaceX completed its third Falcon 9 launch in less than two days. The latest was late afternoon…
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Launch Roundup: Launch manifest to feature 10 launches during first week of December
The first week of December features 10 orbital launches from six different providers across four continents. SpaceX will launch five Starlink missions, deploying satellites to various orbital shells from California and Florida. Internationally, Arianespace launched South Korea’s KOMPSAT-7 Earth observation satellite on Vega C, Rocket Lab will fly JAXA’s RAISE-4 technology demonstrator on Electron, and…
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SpaceX launches evening Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies away from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 15-10 mission on Dec. 1, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Dec. 2, 1:40 a.m. EST (0640 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of the 27 Starlink satellites. SpaceX launch its latest Falcon 9 rocket of the year from Vandenberg Space Force Base on…
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SpaceX kicks off December with predawn Falcon 9 rocket launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to begin the Starlink 6-86 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Dec. 1, 3 a.m. EST (0800 UTC): SpaceX landed its booster on the droneship. SpaceX kicked off the month of December with a launch supporting its Starlink broadband…