Tag: Starlink
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches 250th mission from SLC-40
SpaceX has launched its 250th mission from SLC-40 in Florida this week. The company had up to four Starlink missions planned during the week and continues to reach new milestones. These include the first booster to reach 28 flights at the end of the week, following a scrub the night before. SpaceX has now exceeded…
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SpaceX puts Vandenberg launch on hold
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Starlink 7-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX Update May 3, 9 p.m. EDT: SpaceX has put this launch on hold and no new launch date has been announced Original story: SpaceX is preparing for its third Falcon 9 launch of the…
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SpaceX launches largest batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to date
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) on May 4, 2025, to begin the Starlink 6-84 mission, the first flight carrying 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update May 4, 5:15 a.m. EDT: SpaceX landed its first stage booster on its droneship. SpaceX launched its largest batch…
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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on 50th Falcon 9 rocket of 2025
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to begin the Starlink 12-10 mission on Monday, April 28, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 11:05 p.m. EDT: SpaceX landed the first stage booster on the droneship. SpaceX completed its second Falcon 9 rocket launch in less…
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Launch Roundup: Starlink missions fill launch manifest, Biomass and Alpha launch
JThis week’s schedule included up to six Starlink launches from Florida and California, but poor weather meant only four flew. Arianespace launched the Biomass satellite aboard a Vega C from Kourou, and Firefly Aerospace attempted to launch its first Alpha rocket of the year. SpaceX has already launched 50 times this year and celebrated its…
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SpaceX launches 27 Starlink launch from California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts of from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the Starlink 11-9 mission. Image: SpaceX Update 8:32 p.m. EDT: SpaceX confirmed successful deployment of the Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched the Starlink 11-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base with 27 Starlink V2 Mini…
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A Chinese-born crypto tycoon—of all people—changed the way I think of space
For a quarter-century, dating back to my time as a budding space enthusiast, I’ve watched with a keen eye each time people have ventured into space. That’s 162 human spaceflight missions since the beginning of 2000, ranging from Space Shuttle flights to Russian Soyuz missions, Chinese astronauts’ first forays into orbit, and commercial expeditions on…
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A Chinese-born crypto tycoon—of all people—changed the way I think of space
For a quarter-century, dating back to my time as a budding space enthusiast, I’ve watched with a keen eye each time people have ventured into space. That’s 162 human spaceflight missions since the beginning of 2000, ranging from Space Shuttle flights to Russian Soyuz missions, Chinese astronauts’ first forays into orbit, and commercial expeditions on…
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Here’s how a satellite ended up as a ghostly apparition on Google Earth
Dig deep on Google Earth and you’ll inevitably find a surprise or two. Maybe you’re looking at far-flung islands in the middle of an ocean or checking in on something closer to home. A few years ago, online sleuths found an image of a B-2 stealth bomber in flight over Missouri. The aircraft is smeared…
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket booster on record-setting 27th time on midnight Starlink flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on the Starlink 6-73 mission. The flight marked the first time an orbital class rocket launchd for a 27th time in its flight history. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 12:34 a.m. EDT: SpaceX landed its first stage booster on the droneship, ‘Just Read the Instructions.’ SpaceX notched another…