Tag: Starlink
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Falcon 9 launches for eigth time in March carrying Starlink 5-10
Falcon 9 B1077-4 launched 56 Starlink v1.5 satellites into low Earth orbit on Wednesday, March 29 at 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC), from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Falcon 9 flew on a southeast trajectory, as is usual during winter months to avoid recovery operations in rough seas to the northeast.…
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Falcon 9 deploys 56 Starlink satellites on SpaceX’s 20th launch of the year
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket heads downrange after liftoff Friday morning from Cape Canaveral. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography SpaceX continued launching satellites for the Starlink internet network Friday, sending a Falcon 9 rocket aloft from Cape Canaveral with 56 more older-generation broadband spacecraft as ground teams troubleshoot problems with a batch…
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SpaceX keeping up cadence with Starlink Group 5-5 mission
SpaceX’s 20th mission of the year launched on Friday, March 24, sending another batch of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO). The mission, named Starlink Group 5-5, lifted off at 11:43 AM EDT (15:43 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida. The weather forecast released by…
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SpaceX pausing launches of new-generation Starlink satellites
A side-by-side comparison of the Starlink V1.5 and the Starlink V2 Mini satellites. Credit: SpaceX / Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s next two missions will revert to launching older versions of the company’s Starlink internet satellites, instead of new second-generation Starlink platforms as originally planned, while ground teams work out unspecified problems with the first batch of…
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SpaceX conducts doubleheader with Starlink mission followed by launch for SES
Hot on the heels of Tuesday’s successful CRS-27 launch, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 was in action again for a pair of back-to-back missions from both coasts Friday, tasked with deploying communications satellites into orbit. The first of Friday’s two launches occurred at 12:26 PM PDT (19:26 UTC) from Vandenberg, California, with the 52 satellites of Starlink…
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SpaceX launches v1.5 satellites from Vandenberg following debut of Starlink v2
On Monday, SpaceX conducted the first of two Starlink launches this week from each coast of the United States. The first was the launch of the Starlink Group 6-1 mission at 6:13 PM EST (23:13 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink Group 6-1…
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Rapid Starlink launch cadence continues with Group 2-5 mission
The second of two Starlink launches this week, Starlink Group 2-5, launched at 11:12 AM PST (19:12 UTC) on Friday, Feb. 17 from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The first mission of the week, Starlink Group 5-4, lifted off at 12:10 AM EST (05:10 UTC) on Sunday,…
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SpaceX conducts cross-country Starlink doubleheader
SpaceX ended January with and began February with two Starlink missions. These launches occurred two days apart from separate launch sites. The first such mission — Starlink Group 2-6 — lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 8:15 AM PST…
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SpaceX launches Starlink Group 5-2 mission from Florida
SpaceX’s busy 2023 continued with the launch of Starlink 5-2, a mission that plans to fill out new “shells” of Starlink satellites that link to the upcoming second-generation Starlink constellation. The Starlink 5-2 mission launched into the predawn darkness at 4:32 AM EST (09:32 UTC) on Thursday, Jan. 26, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40)…
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SpaceX launches first Starlink mission of 2023
SpaceX carried out the first Starlink launch of 2023 with a mission placed 51 satellites into orbit to resume deployment of the constellation’s second shell. The Group 2-4 mission, which was delayed from November, lifted off at 7:43 AM PST Thursday (15:43 UTC) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg…