The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the first West Coast return-to-launch-site mission Sunday. The launch, whose primary mission was to deploy Argentina’s SAOCOM 1A radar imaging satellite, took place from Vandenberg Air Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 4E at 19:22 Pacific Time (02:22 UTC on Monday). Falcon’s first stage successfully touched down at the nearby Landing Zone 4 about seven and three-quarter minutes after liftoff.
SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket conducted its Static Fire test on Tuesday, ahead of is…
SAOCOM 1A – the Argentinian Earth observation satellite – has shipped to Vandenberg Air Force…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the joint NASA/CNES Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite mission from…
At 18:35 UTC (2:35 p.m. EDT) on May 25, SpaceX has launched yet another Falcon…
SpaceX has launched the National Reconnaissance Office Launch (NROL)-87 mission on their third dedicated mission…
The Italian Space Agency’s CSG-2 mission, the second satellite in its COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation constellation,…
China successfully launched the Gongjian Ludi Tance-1 01A (L-SAR 01A) satellite into a quasi sun-synchronous…
SpaceX launched the Transporter 2 mission on Wednesday, June 30 at 15:31 EDT (19:31 UTC)…
At the 47th Spaceport Summit, formerly known as Space Congress, the Cape Canaveral Space Force…
SpaceX launched another set of 60 satellites for their Starlink internet constellation on Monday, February…
SpaceX launched their Starlink v1.0 L18 flight, or 19th Starlink mission, from SLC-40 at the…
SpaceX launched their third mission of 2021 and the first of many planned Smallsat Rideshare…
Rounding off a record-breaking and historic launch manifest for 2020, SpaceX conducted its second dedicated…
Fresh off their second crewed launch for NASA, SpaceX temporarily shifted focus on launches to…
As SpaceX continued to roll through its 2020 launch campaign, the company launched another batch…
SpaceX has conducted the first polar launch from Florida since 1969. On board the Falcon…
SpaceX has broken another reuse record on the Starlink v1.0 L10 mission. For the first…
SpaceX has launched their ninth launch of operational Starlink satellites, along with two satellites for…
Arianespace has resumed the launch campaign for the Vega’s return to flight. After being on…
