SpaceX launched 53 internet communication satellites to low Earth orbit on the Starlink Group 4-17 mission. With liftoff scheduled for 09:42 UTC (5:42 AM EDT), the Falcon 9 launched from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A). This mission marked SpaceX’s 18th mission of 2022, making a pace of one Falcon 9 launch every seven days. In the event of a scrub, there was a backup window less than 24 hours later on May 7.
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After planning began in 2016 for a small, multi-user launch pad at Kennedy Space Center…
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Hurricane Dorian passed 129 km (80 miles) east of the Kennedy Space Center and Cape…
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STS-129Â has concluded with a homecoming to Florida, following a flawless mission for Atlantis and her…
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SpaceX has launched its 250th mission from SLC-40 in Florida this week. The company had…
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SpaceX kicked off 2025 by continuing its record-breaking pace of Falcon 9 launches while also…
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SpaceX launches Fram2 crewed mission to historic polar orbit
SpaceX launched its next private human spaceflight mission, Fram2, from Florida on Monday evening. The…
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With the downtime between Flight 8 and Flight 9, SpaceX is continuing to build Orbital…
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NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the next ISS crew-rotation mission, Crew-10. The 10th operational crewed…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and Firefly set to launch amid busy launch manifest
by John SharpThis week, a busy launch manifest saw SpaceX launch the Crew-10 and two Starlink missions…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX returns to launching Starlink following Starship launch
by John SharpWith the dust settling following the launches of Blue Origin’s New Glenn and SpaceX’s Starship…
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On Tuesday, January 14 at 11:09 AM PST (19:09 UTC) SpaceX launched the Transporter-12 rideshare…
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Launch Roundup: New Glenn and Starship headline a week dominated by SpaceX missions
by John SharpSpaceX dominated this week’s launch manifest with two Falcon 9 missions and the seventh flight…
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Launch Roundup: New Glenn scrubs, SpaceX launches national reconnaissance mission
The first full week of 2025 – and the first part of next week –…
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SpaceX is gearing up for another record-breaking year in 2025 after surpassing all previous record-breaking…
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Space science in 2024: Moon missions, Martian milestones, astrophysics discoveries, and more
2024 was another busy year for space science, with many new missions, successes, and discoveries…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX, China, and Russia maintain busy launch manifests through the holidays
by John SharpAt the start of this week, Monday, Dec. 23, there had been 24 launch attempts…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX plans for five customer missions; Rocket Lab launch mission for Synspective
The orbital launch manifest for the week of Dec. 16 through Dec. 22 has been…
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Launch Roundup: ZhuQue-2E and Chang Zheng 12 take first flights; SpaceX launches classified mission
by Martin SmithThis week Landspace debuted the enhanced version of its ZhuQue-2 rocket and the Chang Zheng…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches cargo resupply mission to ISS, Roscosmos and Rocket Lab also launch
by Martin SmithThis week got off to a flying start when new science experiments and cargo were…