Tag: Starlink
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Launch Roundup: Vulcan and Ariane launch ahead of Starlink missions
After a week of weather delays across the U.S, launch cadence increases as providers strive to catch up with the backlog. An Ariane 6 carrying a weather satellite launched ahead of a navigational technology satellite and a classified payload launched atop Vulcan. A Chinese Chang Zheng 5B rocket also launched on Wednesday. Three Falcon 9…
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SpaceX launches first Falcon 9 rocket from West Coast in two weeks
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies away from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 17-4 mission on Aug. 13, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Aug. 14, 1:27 p.m. EDT: SpaceX pushed back the T-0 liftoff time. After a two-week launch hiatus from California, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket…
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Launch Roundup: Electron launches and Falcon 9 delivers more Kuiper Satellites to orbit
Three rockets launched this week, despite stormy weather causing scrubs and delays. SpaceX succeeded in launching a mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper missions, but United Launch Alliance’s launch of a navigation technology demonstrator and a classified Space Force payload atop the most powerful configuration of the company’s new Vulcan rocket to date has now been…
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Starlink mission marks SpaceX’s 450th flight-proven Falcon booster launched
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 Aug. 4, 4:30 a.m. EDT: SpaceX landed its first stage booster on its droneship. SpaceX passed another milestone in rocket reuse when it launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral…
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
A SpaceX Falcon 9 streaks across the sky from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 29, 2025, to begin the Starlink 10-29 mission. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched its next batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station…
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
A SpaceX Falcon 9 streaks across the sky from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 29, 2025, to begin the Starlink 10-29 mission. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched its next batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch Crew-11 to ISS; ISRO and NASA launch new SAR satellite
With 11 launches scheduled worldwide, this week’s launch roundup is among the busiest of 2025 so far. SpaceX is expected to conduct four missions with the workhorse Falcon 9, including the crewed Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station. Blue Origin’s New Shepard took six humans to suborbital space this week. Internationally, the first-ever domestically…
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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites into a polar orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks across the sky away from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 17-2 mission on July 27, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update July 26, 12:56 a.m.: The Falcon 9 booster landed on the droneship. SpaceX launched another 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit onboard a Falcon 9 rocket flying…
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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites into a polar orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks across the sky away from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 17-2 mission on July 27, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update July 26, 12:56 a.m.: The Falcon 9 booster landed on the droneship. SpaceX launched another 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit onboard a Falcon 9 rocket flying…
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Launch Roundup: Russian and European science missions launched during busy week
Seven launches took place this week. Four of these are Falcon 9s, with SpaceX launching two customer missions and two Starlink missions. Internationally, Russia and Europe have both launched science payloads, while, in Australia, Gilmour Space intended to attempt to launch its Eris rocket once again, but has delayed again, into next week. In China,…