Tag: Starlink
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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…
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Sept. 25, 4 a.m. EDT (0800 UTC): SpaceX landed its booster on the droneship. SpaceX was back at the launch pad Thursday morning, launching its 86th Starlink mission of the year…
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Sunday sunrise Falcon 9 flight
A so-called ‘jellyfish effect’ could be seen by launch viewers as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage plume was illuminated by the light of sunrise. The Starlink 10-27 mission launched from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sept. 21, 2025. Image: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now Update Sept. 21,…
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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from California following back-to-back weather scrubs
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 17-12 mission on Sept. 19, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Sept. 19, 3 p.m. EDT: SpaceX confirmed deployment of the satellites. Update Sept. 18, 12:09 p.m. EDT: SpaceX scrubbed the mission and is targeting launch…
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Launch Roundup: Starlink, NRO, and New Shepard missions
Another busy week of launches has arrived, with SpaceX dominating the launch manifest with four missions for the week. Three of these missions saw new batches of Starlink internet satellites launched into the company’s Starlink constellation, with the fourth mission launching a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Blue Origin finally launched its uncrewed NS-35…
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Launch Roundup: Cygnus XL and Progress fly cargo missions to ISS
Two cargo resupply missions have launched to the International Space Station this week. A Russian Soyuz launched the Progress MS-32 spacecraft Thursday, to be followed on Sunday by a Falcon 9 carrying Northrop Grumman’s new Cygnus XL vehicle. In addition to Cygnus XL, Falcon 9 launched one Starlink mission and two customer missions. Russia and…
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SpaceX passes 2,000 Starlink satellites deployed in 2025 with Saturday launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sept. 6, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Sept. 6, 3:10 p.m. EDT: SpaceX confirms deployment of the 24 Starlink satellites. SpaceX deployed its 2,000th Starlink satellite of the year when its Falcon 9 rocket following a flight…