Tag: Starlink
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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 28 Starlink satellites with a Falcon 9 booster flying for a 29th time
SpaceX deployed 28 of its Starlink V2 Mini satellites (pictured here) at the conclusion of the Starlink 11-17 mission. They launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Oct. 7, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 8, 1:05 a.m. EDT (0505 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 to launch three times, Blue Origin to launch crew
SpaceX leads the launch manifest for the first whole week of October with two Falcon 9 missions. Both of these missions will launch satellites into SpaceX’s internet constellation, Starlink. Meanwhile, Blue Origin joined the launch schedule by launching six people to suborbital space on its New Shepard vehicle, and Orienspace launched for the second time using…
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Elon Musk tries to make Apple and mobile carriers regret choosing Starlink rivals
SpaceX’s $17 billion deal to buy spectrum licenses from EchoStar should help Starlink satellites deliver better service to smartphones, and it might give a few large corporations second thoughts about their current partnerships with Starlink competitors. The spectrum, combined with a SpaceX plan to launch up to 15,000 new and improved satellites for cellular service,…
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on 90th Starlink mission of 2025
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 10-59 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein / Spaceflight Now Update Oct. 7, 4 a.m. EDT (0800 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of 28 Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched its first Falcon 9 rocket launch from…
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SpaceX launches 3rd consecutive Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB, uninterrupted by a Cape mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the Starlink 11-39 mission on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 3, 11:43 a.m. EDT (1543 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched its 125th Falcon 9 rocket of…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches Starlink and Kuiper satellites
SpaceX is scheduled to launch up to three times this week, with each mission planned to deploy internet communications satellites into low-Earth orbit: two for the company’s own Starlink megaconstellation and one for its competitor, Amazon’s Project Kuiper. China kicked off the week’s launch manifest, for those in UTC, with the launch of its 100th…