SpaceX’s drone ship Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) has arrived in Port Canaveral, Fla. after undergoing refurbishment in Louisiana. The droneship joins Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) at the port, bringing SpaceX’s tally of east coast-based droneships to two. The additional droneship will help SpaceX’s execute its busy 2020 manifest.
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SpaceXUncrewed
SpaceX Launches Eighth Starlink Mission, Read The Instructions With East Coast Droneship Debut
Only a handful of days after successfully returning domestic crew launch capabilities to U.S. soil…
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CommercialSpaceX
First Falcon 9 Block 5 booster readying for static fire at McGregor; paving way for rapid reuse
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Launch Roundup: Delta IV Heavy swan song, Falcon 9 and Soyuz launches on tap for last week of March
A trio of Falcon 9 Starlink launches, a Falcon 9 non-Starlink launch involving an Eutelsat…
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Launch Roundup: two missions to the ISS, including first Dragon 2 from SLC-40
by John SharpSpaceX is preparing to launch three Falcon 9s, including two Starlink missions. Additionally, launching this…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch next ISS crew rotation; Electron launches debris removal demonstration
by Martin SmithDespite multiple scrubs and delays due to weather violations, SpaceX broke its own cadence record…
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The NG-20 mission has flown the Cygnus spacecraft S.S. Patricia Hilliard Robertson to a path…
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The private Axiom-3 mission to the International Space Station is now in orbit after a…
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As SpaceX continues toward its goal of launching 100 times in 2023, the company launched…
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While the spaceflight world waited for the Starship Integrated Flight Test-2 (IFT-2) launch that happened…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX pushes for 100 flights in the year with a ISS resupply, a rideshare mission, and more
by Aaron McCreaSpaceX is actively working to reach its goal of 100 launches by the end of…
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ChineseInternationalSpaceX
Launch Roundup: SpaceX surpasses 5,000 active Starlink satellites and sets booster reuse record
by Aaron McCreaThe week of Oct. 23 through Oct. 29 has been a big one for low-Earth…
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IndianInternationalSpaceXUncrewed
Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch three Starlink missions; India to test crew abort system
Another busy period in spaceflight is underway with three Falcon 9 rockets with Starlink payloads…
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CommercialEuropeanSpaceXUncrewed
Launch Roundup: Project Kuiper Protoflight and Galactic 04 highlight this week
United Launch Alliance (ULA) flew only its second Atlas V of 2023, as Amazon’s subsidiary…
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OtherSpaceXUncrewed
Launch Roundup: Rocket Lab fails during “We Will Never Desert You” launch; SpaceX launches two boosters for 17th time
The week of Sept. 18 through Sept. 24 is set to see four orbital launches,…
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SpaceX launched two back-to-back Starlink missions this week. The first mission, Starlink Group 7-2, launched…
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ChineseOtherSpaceX
Launch Roundup: SpaceX surpass 2022’s launch count with Starlink Group 6-12; China to launch three missions
The first week of September will see only four orbital launches and a single sub-orbital…
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EuropeanIndianISSOtherRussianSpaceX
Launch Roundup: North Korea has failed launch attempt, SpaceX launch back-to-back missions
Following several launch delays last week, the week of Aug. 21 through Aug. 27 is…
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ChineseCommercialRussianSpaceX
Launch Roundup: Russia returns to the Moon with Luna 25 mission, Virgin Galactic completes first fully private space tourism flight
It’s a busy week in spaceflight, especially for Russia. The week of Aug. 7 following…
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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…