Tag: Starlink
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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.…
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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launches across the sky on the Starlink 8-19 mission, as seen in this streak shot from across the Indian River Lagoon. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update Oct. 17, 4:38 p.m. EDT: SpaceX is moving to their 24-hour backup date for the launch and is targeting liftoff no earlier the Friday, Oct.…
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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
A stack of SpaceX Starlink satellites, which included the first six featuring Direct to Cell capabilities. The batch launched on the Starlink 7-9 mission, which lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Jan. 2, 2024. Image: SpaceX SpaceX completed a double launch day on Tuesday with a Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.…
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Launch Roundup: Europa Clipper launches, Starlink launches return
The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) recent decision to clear SpaceX’s Falcon 9 for a return to all flights paved the way for a busy week of launches. Before Falcon 9 returned to flying regular Starlink missions, though, a Falcon Heavy launch with NASA’s Europa Clipper mission started the week off. Following Europa Clipper’s launch, SpaceX…
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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks across the sky above California in this long exposure image of the Starlink 9-8 launch on Sept. 24, 2024. Image: SpaceX SpaceX launched its latest Falcon 9 rocket on a Starlink mission as Tropical Storm Helene pushed back the launch of the next mission to the International Space Station.…
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Launch Roundup: NASA Crew-9 flies half-empty, Starlink and Chinese launches continue
NASA and SpaceX’s launch of the Crew-9 mission took center stage this week. The launch of two new International Space Station crew members took place on Saturday from the recently crew-certified Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS). Meanwhile, in California, another Falcon 9 lifted the only scheduled Starlink…
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SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from West Coast
A Falcon 9 lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on September 12, 2024, carrying 21 Starlink satellites. Image: SpaceX. SpaceX launched its latest batch of 21 Starlink satellites on a Thursday night Falcon 9 launch from California. The Falcon 9 rocket launch set a new record for Vandenberg Space Force Base, marking…