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 next week. The static fire, a key step in every Falcon 9 launch campaign, paves the way for the launch of Formosat-5 on Thursday, 24 August at 11:50 PDT from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, ahead of a first stage landing on the ASDS “Just Read The Instructions”.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket made its twenty-fifth flight – and its second of the month…
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft returned to flight Friday with the CRS-8 resupply mission to the International…
SpaceX will for the first time launch a Falcon 9 booster on its third flight…
SpaceX launched Qatar’s Es’hail-2 spacecraft Thursday, using a Falcon 9 rocket to place the communications…
After several weeks without a launch, SpaceX is returning to action, conducting the static fire…
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the first West Coast return-to-launch-site mission Sunday. The launch,…
SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket conducted its Static Fire test on Tuesday, ahead of is…
SpaceX launched its second mission in two months for Telesat Canada Sunday, with a Falcon…
SpaceX has successfully static fired its latest Falcon 9 booster ahead of what was to…
SpaceX kept up its impressive launch pace as the company reused its first Block 5…
SpaceX successfully launched the seventh of eight planned missions for Iridium Communications from California’s Vandenberg…
SpaceX conducted their thirteenth launch of the year Sunday, with a Falcon 9 rocket deploying…
Begining July 22nd, SpaceX is currently scheduled to perform three Falcon 9 droneship recoveries, a…
With the first half of 2018 in the books, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance’s near…
On May 11th, SpaceX successfully launched a Block 5 Falcon 9 – the final major…
SpaceX has conducted the debut launch of the final variant of its powerhouse Falcon 9…
With its two April launches behind it, SpaceX is deep into processing for its coming…
SpaceX conducted the fifth launch of its contract with Iridium Communications Friday, deploying ten more…
Having already completed five Falcon family rocket launches this year, SpaceX is aiming to double…