SpaceX added to its growing Starlink mega-constellation with a launch to orbit and booster recovery. A Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex-40 at 9:52 p.m. EDT (0152 GMT on April 25), carrying 28 new satellites into low Earth orbit. The spacecraft were stacked vertically inside the rocket’s nose cone, where … Read more
SpaceX added to its growing Starlink mega-constellation with a launch to orbit and booster recovery. A Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex-40 at 9:52 p.m. EDT (0152 GMT on April 25), carrying 28 new satellites into low Earth orbit. The spacecraft were stacked vertically inside the rocket’s nose cone, where … Read more
A Falcon 9 rocket soared into space from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on April 21 at 8:48 p.m. EDT (0048 GMT, April 22), carrying multiple payloads on SpaceX’s latest rideshare mission, Bandwagon-3. Among the diverse cargo onboard was Phoenix 1, a European-built reentry capsule developed by the German company Atmos Space Cargo. … Read more
A Falcon 9 rocket soared into space from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on April 21 at 8:48 p.m. EDT (0048 GMT, April 22), carrying multiple payloads on SpaceX’s latest rideshare mission, Bandwagon-3. Among the diverse cargo onboard was Phoenix 1, a European-built reentry capsule developed by the German company Atmos Space Cargo. … Read more
A Falcon 9 rocket soared into space from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on April 21 at 8:48 p.m. EDT (0048 GMT, April 22), carrying multiple payloads on SpaceX’s latest rideshare mission, Bandwagon-3. Among the diverse cargo onboard was Phoenix 1, a European-built reentry capsule developed by the German company Atmos Space Cargo. … Read more
On December 17, 2024, SpaceX successfully launched two communication satellites for SES, a Luxembourg-based company, from Florida’s Space Coast, as per reports. This launch marked the second in a doubleheader of missions for the company on the same day. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 5:26 p.m. EDT, carrying … Read more
A Falcon 9 rocket launched the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)’s NROL-149 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 8:19 a.m. EST on December 17, as per reports. The flight carried next-generation spy satellites designed for the United States’ intelligence needs. The reusable first-stage booster successfully landed on the drone ship “Of Course I Still … Read more
Two private lunar landers are scheduled to embark on separate missions aboard the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in January 2025, according to reports. Firefly Aerospace and the Japanese company ispace will jointly utilise the rocket to deploy their respective moon landers. The rocket is expected to launch from Florida’s Space Coast no earlier than … Read more
SpaceX has entered into an agreement with Vast Space to conduct two private astronaut missions to the International Space Station (ISS). The California-based Vast Space is reportedly working on its own private space station, Haven-1, which could be operational as early as next year. Both missions will utilise SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon … Read more
SpaceX’s highly anticipated launch of four “MicroGEO” communications satellites was called off at the final second on December 21. A Falcon 9 rocket, prepared for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at midnight EST (0500 GMT), faced an abrupt halt as its engines ignited. The reason for the mission’s suspension remains undisclosed, … Read more