Tag: Starlink
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SpaceX launches 350th mission using a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket booster during Starlink mission from California
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX aims notched another milestone in spaceflight reusability Wednesday night when it not only launched a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket booster for the 350th time in program history, but also performed its 300th successful booster landing. The Starlink 9-14 mission lifted…
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket booster for record 24th time
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin a record-breaking 24th mission for booster B1067. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 5:49 a.m. EST (1049 UTC): The first stage booster successfully landed on the droneship. SpaceX completed the first of three planned Falcon 9…
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Launch Roundup: Sentinel 1C and PROBA 3 among ten planned launches
This week is busy in spaceflight, with 10 orbital launches planned throughout the week. China has, as expected, continued its launch cadence from last week with three more launches this week. SpaceX planned to launch five Falcon 9 missions in five days with the launches of four Starlink missions and one customer payload but has…
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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the pad at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) to begin the Starlink 6-65 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 12:29 a.m. EST (0529 UTC): SpaceX landed the first stage booster on its droneship. SpaceX completed the first of its two final Falcon 9 launches of November, using…
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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center
A streak shot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as it cruised across the night sky on the Starlink 6-76 mission on Nov. 26, 2024. Image: SpaceX Update 12:10 a.m. (0510 UTC): SpaceX landed the first stage booster on the droneship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas.’ Shortly before midnight on Tuesday, SpaceX launched its lates batch of…
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SpaceX breaks turnaround record, launching Falcon 9 booster, B1080, twice in less than 2 weeks
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars past the crescent Moon during the Starlink 12-1 mission on Nov. 25, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 6:09 a.m. EST (1109 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 23 Starlink satellites into their intended orbit. Under the glow waning crescent moon, SpaceX launched its latest Falcon 9 rocket, carrying…
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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on the 400th Falcon 9 rocket
The 400th Falcon 9 rocket soars to space on November 23, 2024, from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Image: SpaceX Update 12:56 a.m. EST (0556 UTC): SpaceX landed its Falcon 9 first stage booster following liftoff. Against the backdrop of a characteristically foggy night at the Vandenberg Space Force Base, SpaceX launched its 400th Falcon…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches continue, Rocket Lab to launch two Electrons, Russia to fly to ISS
Following the sixth flight of SpaceX’s Starship on Tuesday, eight additional orbital launches were planned worldwide. Rocket Lab launched an experimental hypersonic testbed payload using a modified Electron from Wallops. What’s more, a second Electron launched a batch of nanosatellites into low-Earth orbit from New Zealand less than 24 hours later. Meanwhile, SpaceX continued to…
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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from California
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with another 20 Starlink satellites from California Sunday night. The Starlink 9-11 mission featured 13 satellites that include Direct to Cell capabilities. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) from Vandenberg Space Force Base…
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A lot of people are mistaking Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites for UAPs
SpaceX’s Starlink Internet satellites are responsible for more and more public reports of unexplained anomalous phenomena (UAPs), but most recent cases remain unsolved, according to a US government report released Thursday. Starlinks often move across the sky in “trains” that appear like gleaming gems in the blackness of space. They are particularly visible to the…