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SpaceX static fire Formosat-5 Falcon 9, aims for another ASDS landing
Gearing up for their second Vandenberg flight in as many months, SpaceX has static fired the Falcon 9 that will lift an extremely light-weight Taiwanese satellite to orbit…
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Thaicom 8 and nails another ASDS landing
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket made its twenty-fifth flight – and its second of the month – on Friday, deploying Thailand’s Thaicom 8 communications satellite. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral…
Falcon 9 first stage sails into Port Canaveral atop ASDS – ahead of big plans
The Falcon 9 first stage that successfully landed on the deck of the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) barge on Friday sailed into Port Canaveral early on Tuesday. Riding atop…
SpaceX return Dragon to space as Falcon 9 nails ASDS landing
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft returned to flight Friday with the CRS-8 resupply mission to the International Space Station: a mission which also carries a prototype inflatable module for the…
CRS-5 Dragon successfully launched – Core ASDS landing attempted
SpaceX successfully conducted a second attempt to launch its Falcon 9 rocket, tasked with sending the CRS-5/SpX-5 Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. Launch took place on…
Iridium-4 switches to flight-proven Falcon 9, RTLS at Vandenberg delayed
Iridium Communications – in the midst of launching their next generation communications constellation – has formally signed an agreement with SpaceX to utilize flight-proven Falcon 9 boosters on…
SpaceX adds mystery “Zuma” mission, Iridium-4 aims for Vandenberg landing
In what has already been a busy year for SpaceX, the commercial launch provider is adding one more mission to its jammed-packed end-of-year schedule. A mysterious mission codenamed…
Falcon 9 conducts second launch this week with SES-11 mission
SpaceX launched its third re-flown Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, carrying the EchoStar-105/SES-11 communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit for SES and EchoStar. Liftoff, from Launch Complex 39A at…
SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launches third set of Iridium-NEXT satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Monday, before succcessfully deploying the third batch of ten Iridium-NEXT communications satellites into low Earth orbit. Liftoff…
SpaceX static fires Falcon 9 for Iridium 3, Vandenberg manifest realigns
SpaceX completed a Static Fire test at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Thursday. The test, a pivotal pre-launch requirement of the fully integrated Falcon 9, comes close on…
The Moon, Mars, & around the Earth – Musk updates BFR architecture, plans
Speaking at the 2017 International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia, Elon Musk has laid out a much anticipated update to SpaceX’s Mars colonization plan – including a slightly…
SpaceX launches first X-37B launch with a Falcon 9
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket for the US military Thursday, carrying the X-37B spaceplane to orbit for its fifth mission. Liftoff for the OTV-5 mission occurred at…
SpaceX in final preps for Falcon 9’s first mission with X-37B
SpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on a Falcon 9 rocket Thursday, a key milestone ahead of the rocket’s first launch of a U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane…
Falcon 9 successfully launches Taiwan’s Formosat-5
SpaceX launched its fortieth Falcon 9 Thursday, carrying the Formosat-5 spacecraft for the Taiwan’s National Space Organisation and the Republic of China’s National Space Organisation. The launch, which…
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches CRS-12 Dragon mission to the ISS
SpaceX conducted its first flight from the US Eastern Range following July’s scheduled maintenance stand down on Monday, with its Falcon 9 resuming operations to deliver a Dragon…
SpaceX Falcon 9 conducts static fire as Falcon Heavy waits in the wings
SpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on the Falcon 9 set to launch the CRS-12 Dragon to the International Space Station (ISS). A successful test on Thursday…
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches with Intelsat 35e at the third attempt
SpaceX successfully conducted the launch of an expendable Falcon 9 on Wednesday. In what was the third attempt to launch, the mission lofted the Intelsat 35e communications satellite…
SpaceX returns two boosters, fires up a third for Static Fire test
In what is another glimpse into what could become SpaceX’s regular launch cadence, another Falcon 9 is deep into preparations for launch. Aiming to be the third Falcon…
SpaceX Doubleheader Part 2 – Falcon 9 conducts Iridium NEXT-2 launch
Just over two days after its successful launch of BulgariaSat-1, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket conducted another launch on Sunday, carrying ten Iridium-NeXT communications satellites into orbit. Falcon lifted…
SpaceX Falcon 9 success with second flight involving BulgariaSat-1 mission
SpaceX launched Bulgaria’s first communications satellite on Friday – the first of two Falcon 9 launches in the space of two days – via the company’s second flight-proven…
