Tag: Starlink
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SpaceX launches first of twin Starlink missions, 45th Space Wing’s busy year continues
SpaceX launched their Starlink v1.0 L18 flight, or 19th Starlink mission, from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday, 4 February at 01:19 EST (06:19 UTC). This is scheduled to be followed by a second Starlink mission from nearby LC-39A just under 28 hours later, keeping SpaceX on track to achieve their…
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Falcon 9 rocket arrives on pad 39A for sunrise Starlink launch this weekend
A Falcon 9 rocket rolls out to pad 39A Thursday for the next launch of SpaceX Starlink satellites. Credit: Spaceflight Now SpaceX plans to deploy the next group of Starlink internet relay spacecraft Sunday with a liftoff on top of a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the company’s fourth satellite launch of…
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper stir up a war of words over satellites
The rivalry between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is back in the news. (Musk Photo: TED via YouTube; Bezos Photo: GeekWire / Kevin Lisota) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper escalated a different kind of Star Wars today, over the orbital parameters for their rival satellite constellations. Musk complained…
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SpaceX launches first Starlink mission of 2021
As the second SpaceX launch of the year, and the first of many Starlink missions scheduled to launch in 2021, the company launched the Starlink v1.0 L16 mission — the 16th launch of operational satellites and 17th Starlink flight overall. Liftoff occurred January 20th at 8:02 EST (13:02 UTC) from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space…
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Year in Review: Mars missions, Lunar Samples, Crew launched from the US, and Starlink
Despite a worldwide pandemic which affected agencies around the world, 2020 featured many significant achievements in spaceflight. In total, 114 orbital launches were attempted, including deep space missions like Solar Orbiter, three missions to Mars, and the Chinese Chang’e 5 lunar sample return mission. Also this year, the United States regained domestic crew launch capability…
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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network wins $885M in federal aid for rural broadband
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lofts a set of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit on Nov. 24. (SpaceX Photo) SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network — which relies on hundreds of spacecraft built in Redmond, Wash. — has been awarded $885.5 million in federal subsidies to boost high-speed internet service to rural Americans. The awards are part of…
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SpaceX conducts multi-milestone flight and launch of 16th round of Starlinks
Just days after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the American-European Sentinel-6A oceanography satellite into orbit from the U.S. West Coast, SpaceX returned its focus to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for Falcon 9 rocket’s 100th launch. Liftoff of the Starlink V1.0 L15 mission (or the 16th flight of Starlink) on booster…
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SpaceX launches second Starlink mission of the week
Two days after scrubbing a previous attempt shortly before launch, and still less than a week after the previous Starlink flight, SpaceX launched its third batch of Starlink satellites this month into orbit at 11:31 EDT (15:31 UTC) on Saturday, 24 October. The v1.0 L14 mission — the 14th launch of operational satellites and 15th…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches latest Starlink mission
SpaceX continued deploying its Starlink constellation with the launch of another sixty satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday. Liftoff from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center occurred at 08:25 Eastern Time (12:25 UTC). Sunday’s launch was the thirteenth Falcon 9 mission to deploy operational Starlink satellites, designated Starlink v1.0 L13. This continues the first phase…
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SpaceX finally launches Starlink v1.0 Launch 12
After inclement weather led SpaceX to call off a launch attempt on Monday morning, the company finally launched the Starlink v1.0 Launch 12 mission from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday at 7:29am EDT (11:29 UTC). This was the fifth attempt to get the mission off the ground. Another SpaceX rocket is also waiting…