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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The next key milestone ahead of the historical SpaceX mission to the International Space Station…
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SpaceX launched the first of two Starlink missions from both coasts within the week. The…
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SpaceX finally launched the Arabsat 7B satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) for Arabsat atop…
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SpaceX launches Axiom-2, before arriving with four astronauts to the ISS
Axiom Space launched the second-ever all-private crew to the International Space Station (ISS). The international…
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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…
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Falcon Heavy’s second launch 2023 set sail on Sunday, with liftoff with the ViaSat-3 Americas…
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As SpaceX resumed Falcon launches after Starship’s exhilarating first orbital flight test last week, the…
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SpaceX’s 27th launch of the year occurred Thursday, April 27, 2023, lofting another batch of…
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SpaceX launched its second batch of upgraded Starlink satellites after some of the first version…
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SpaceX has launched its 23rd mission of 2023 with the company’s Falcon 9 rocket lofting…
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SpaceX’s 20th mission of the year launched on Friday, March 24, sending another batch of…
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SpaceX conducts doubleheader with Starlink mission followed by launch for SES
Hot on the heels of Tuesday’s successful CRS-27 launch, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 was in action…
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SpaceX launched 40 high-speed internet communication satellites to a polar low Earth orbit on the…
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SpaceX launches v1.5 satellites from Vandenberg following debut of Starlink v2
On Monday, SpaceX conducted the first of two Starlink launches this week from each coast…
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SpaceX has launched the Inmarsat I-6 F2 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit atop a Falcon…
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SpaceX has launched the Amazonas Nexus satellite for Hispasat on a Falcon 9 rocket from…