SpaceX’s Merlin 1D engine has achieved flight qualification status during its test program at the company’s rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas. An enhanced design to the engines that have flown on the first five Falcon 9 launches, the Merlin 1D will debut on the first Falcon 9 v1.1 launch this summer.
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Two loud rumbles in the south of the United States marked two milestones for the…
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Launch Roundup: Sentinel 1C and PROBA 3 among ten planned launches
by John SharpThis week is set to be a busy one in the world of spaceflight, with…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches continue, Rocket Lab to launch two Electrons, Russia to fly to ISS
by John SharpFollowing the sixth flight of SpaceX’s Starship on Tuesday, eight additional orbital launches were planned…
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Launch Roundup: China launch crew to Tiangong Space Station, Russia launches military payload
by John SharpIn another busy week of launches, China launched three taikonauts to the Tiangong Space Station…
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NASA and SpaceX have launched NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa atop…
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SpaceX and NASA have launched Crew-9 for its six-month mission aboard the International Space Station…
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The final satellite of the GOES-R series of satellites, GOES-U, was launched on June 25…
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As SpaceX continues toward its goal of launching 100 times in 2023, the company launched…
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NASA and SpaceX teams launched the agency’s Psyche mission to metallic asteroid 16 Psyche from…
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SpaceX closed out the third quarter of 2023 with its 70th launch of the year.…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches Galaxy 37; will launch Starlink Group 6-8
Breaking into the 31st week of 2023, from July 31 to Aug. 6, not much…
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For its third flight this year, Falcon Heavy conducted the record-breaking launch of EchoStar 24.…
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SpaceX launches ESA’s Euclid Telescope to explore the dark universe
SpaceX launched its 45th mission of the year, carrying the Euclid telescope from the European…
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SpaceX’s last launch of the first half of 2023 occurred Friday, June 23, carrying 56…
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SpaceX launched the Crew Resupply Mission 28 (CRS-28) mission to the International Space Station (ISS)…
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SpaceX finally launched the Arabsat 7B satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) for Arabsat atop…
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SpaceX launched another batch of 56 Starlink internet communication satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO)…
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SpaceX launched 51 Starlink internet communication satellites into low Earth orbit on its Starlink Group…
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SpaceX surpasses 4,000 Starlink satellites on-orbit with Starlink Group 5-6 launch
Lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station…