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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Eutelsat satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Eutelsat 36D satellite lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on March 30, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now SpaceX was aiming for an ambitious launch cadence on Saturday evening with potentially three launches on tap in fewer than five hours. The first two Falcon 9
Live coverage: SpaceX targets Saturday night launch of 22 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at sunset from Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 1, 2024. Image: SpaceX Following three unsuccessful launch attempts at the end of March, SpaceX was able to pull off an April Fool’s Day Starlink launch. The Starlink 7-18 mission launched at 7:30 p.m. PDT (10:30 EDT, 0230 UTC)
Live coverage: SpaceX prepares for third flight test of its Starship rocket from southern Texas
SpaceX’s Starship rocket launches for a third time in program history on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s Starship rocket took to the skies over Texas for a third time Thursday morning. The launch, approved on Wednesday afternoon by the Federal Aviation Administration, managed to navigate some tricky weather on its ascent.
Live coverage: Firefly Aerospace stands down from its 4th Alpha rocket launch due to poor weather
Firefly’s Alpha rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on a mission for Lockheed Martin. Image: Firefly Aerospace/Trevor Mahlmann. Related Articles News NASA to fly CubeSats on three new commercial launchers NASA announced Wednesday it is joining a chorus of companies pushing for easier access to space, awarding $17.1 million in contracts to three
Live coverage: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches NASA’s Psyche on mission to a metal asteroid
Mission Status Center Related Articles Falcon 9 Iridium satellites rolling off assembly line in Arizona Construction is complete on the first batch of 81 new satellites to overhaul Iridium’s mobile communications network, and the data relay stations will soon head from their factory near Phoenix to California’s hilly Central Coast for launch Sept. 11 on
Live coverage: Strong winds stymie back-to-back SpaceX launch plans
Update 4 a.m. EDT: A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 12:43 a.m. PDT (0743 UTC). Its first stage booster, making its 14th flight, landed successfully on a drone ship in the Pacific. Upper level winds forced SpaceX to scrub the Starlink 6-22 mission from Cape Canaveral. SpaceX was hoping
Updated 8:32 p.m. EDT (0031 UTC): The H-2A rocket lifted off on time and deployed the XRISM space telescope as planned at T+14 min 21 sec. The upper stage performed a second burn and deployment of the SLIM lunar lander occurred about 48 minutes after launch. A next-generation X-ray space telescope and an experimental lunar
Live coverage: India’s LVM3 rocket lifts off with 36 more OneWeb satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of India’s LVM3 rocket with 36 OneWeb internet satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Related Articles Members Progress 64P: Full launch broadcast A Russian Soyuz booster places the Progress 64P autonomous cargo ship into orbit for a two-day journey to deliver 5,300 pounds of
Live coverage: SpaceX launches Starlink mission from California
March 3, 2023 Stephen Clark Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the Starlink 2-7 mission with 51 Starlink internet satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX Webcast SpaceX Mission Audio
Live coverage: SpaceX scrubs Falcon 9 launch attempt with Eutelsat satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket launched the Eutelsat 10B broadband communications satellite for aviation and maritime connectivity. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live SpaceX’s oldest active Falcon 9 rocket booster, in service