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.
"Merlin 1D"
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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: 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…
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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 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 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…
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SpaceX ended January with and began February with two Starlink missions. These launches occurred two…