Tag: Starlink
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SpaceX inserts Starlink into higher orbit on Group 4-8 mission
SpaceX has launched 46 Starlink internet satellites to low Earth orbit on the Starlink Group 4-8 mission. Launching from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Falcon 9 took to the skies at 9:44 AM EST (14:44 UTC) on Monday, February 21. This mission marked SpaceX’s seventh launch of 2022,…
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SpaceX inserts Starlink into higher orbit on Group 4-8 mission
SpaceX has launched 46 Starlink internet satellites to low Earth orbit on the Starlink Group 4-8 mission. Launching from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Falcon 9 took to the skies at 9:44 AM EST (14:44 UTC) on Monday, February 21. This mission marked SpaceX’s seventh launch of 2022,…
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SpaceX’s falling Starlink satellites highlight concerns about the future of orbital traffic
A rocket’s-eye view shows a stack of SpaceX Starlink satellites just before orbital deployment. (SpaceX Photo) SpaceX says that most of the satellites it launched last week for its Starlink broadband internet constellation are doomed to fall from orbit due to a solar storm. Based on the company’s analysis, as many as 40 of the…
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SpaceX sets new fairing reuse record with Starlink mission
Continuing with their high launch cadence, SpaceX has successfully launched another Falcon 9, this time carrying 49 Starlink satellites to a 339-kilometer orbit, with a 53.22-degree inclination. The launch occurred at 1:13 PM EST (18:13 UTC) on Thursday, February 3, from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In addition…
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SpaceX stays busy with Starlink Group 4-6 launch
At 9:02 PM EST on January 18 (02:02 UTC on January 19), SpaceX launched another batch of 49 Starlink satellites to orbit aboard a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). This launch time was an approximately 2-hour delay from the original target of 7:04 PM EST (00:02…
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SpaceX to leverage Starship for second generation Starlink constellation
SpaceX has provided some interesting context into its plans to launch vast numbers of next-generation “Gen2” Starlink satellites on its Starship launch system, in response to questions from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Commission filed a series of questions to SpaceX last month, which the company has now addressed. In May 2020, SpaceX requested…
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SpaceX conducts first orbital launch of 2022 with Starlink Group 4-5
SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites to the fourth shell of the constellation for the first global orbital launch attempt of the year. Lifting off from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), the Starlink Group 4-5 mission lifted 49 Starlink v1.5 satellites southeastward from Kennedy into a 210 x 339 km low Earth orbit with…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 completes rare 53 degree inclination launch from Vandenberg
In the company’s third-to-last launch of 2021, SpaceX deployed another group of Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit early on Saturday morning. The Starlink Group 4-4 mission launched 52 Starlink satellites into a 53.22° inclination orbit at 4:41 AM PST (12:41 UTC) Saturday morning. The mission lifted off from SLC-4E (Space Launch Complex 4 East)…
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SpaceX enters busy December with Starlink launch from Florida
Kicking off a busy end to the company’s 2021 launch campaign, SpaceX successfully launched a group of Starlink satellites from Florida on Thursday evening. The Group 4-3 mission, carrying 48 Starlink satellites and two rideshare payloads to low Earth orbit, lifted off from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:12 PM EST…
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SpaceX conducts Saturday Starlink launch from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX has resumed Starlink launches from the East coast on Saturday, as the company delivered 53 second-generation satellites aboard to orbit. Following Friday’s weather-related scrub, the launch took place on Saturday, at 7:19 AM EST, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Named Starlink 4-1, this is the…