Tag: Starlink
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NRO chief: “You can’t hide” from our new swarm of SpaceX-built spy satellites
The director of the National Reconnaissance Office has a message for US adversaries around the world. “You can’t hide, because we’re constantly looking,” said Chris Scolese, a longtime NASA engineer who took the helm of the US government’s spy satellite agency in 2019. The NRO is taking advantage of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite assembly line to…
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NRO chief: “You can’t hide” from our new swarm of SpaceX-built spy satellites
The director of the National Reconnaissance Office has a message for US adversaries around the world. “You can’t hide, because we’re constantly looking,” said Chris Scolese, a longtime NASA engineer who took the helm of the US government’s spy satellite agency in 2019. The NRO is taking advantage of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite assembly line to…
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SpaceX aces Starlink 6-77 mission launch from Cape Canaveral on 3rd launch attempt
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 6-77 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Nov. 6, 2:56 p.m. EST: SpaceX pushed the planned T-0 liftoff time to the end of the launch window. Update Nov. 6, 7:17 p.m. EST:…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches cargo resupply mission to ISS, Roscosmos and Rocket Lab also launch
This week got off to a flying start when new science experiments and cargo were launched to the International Space Station, and Roscosmos launched ionospheric research satellites. Rocket Lab has also launched its Electron rocket on the company’s quickest turnaround mission to date this week. Following a scrub of Sunday’s Starlink mission just moments before…
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Helium issue on Falcon 9 booster scrubs Starlink 6-77 mission at Cape Canaveral
A rainbow over pad 40 moments after SpaceX scrubbed the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. Update Nov. 3, 1:42 p.m. EST: Added information about the booster flying this mission. Update Nov. 3, 5:40 p.m. EST: A helium issue scrubbed the mission. A helium-related issue on the first stage of SpaceX’s…
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Launch Roundup: China launch crew to Tiangong Space Station, Russia launches military payload
In another busy week of launches, China launched three taikonauts to the Tiangong Space Station aboard a Chang Zheng rocket this week as part of the Shenzhou 19 mission. Additionally, both Russia and Japan launched military payloads. As usual, SpaceX continues to fly Starlink missions throughout the week. SpaceX’s CRS-31 mission, a Cargo Resupply Services…
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SpaceX closes in on Direct to Cell Starlink constellation completion
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 9-9 mission on Oct. 30, 2024. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 29, 6:39 a.m. EDT: SpaceX delayed the launch to Wednesday, Oct. 30. Update Oct. 30, 6:34 a.m. EDT: SpaceX pushed back the T-0 liftoff time by an hour. Update Oct.…
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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
The Falcon 9 lifts off at 5:47 p.m. EDT (2147 UTC). Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. The day after it helped return three astronauts and a cosmonaut to Earth from the International Space Station, SpaceX launch another batch of Starlink satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Starlink 10-8 mission…
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SpaceX launches Starlink mission following scrub due to poor booster recovery weather
SpaceX launches its 99th Falcon 9 rocket of the year on the Starlink 6-61 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Oct. 23, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Oct. 21, 4:20 p.m.: SpaceX is pushing back its planned launch to no earlier than Tuesday, Oct. 22. Update Oct. 22, 5:00 p.m.: SpaceX updated…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches 400th orbital flight; Blue Origin, China launch missions
Blue Origin tested its second human-rated New Shepard capsule this week, which had been delayed twice since the start of the month. The week has also seen two launches from China while a fourth flight of the Japanese H3 rocket carrying a communications satellite for the Japanese military has now been delayed until next week.…