SpaceX is setting the stage for acquiring final approval to launch the fifth flight of Starship, a mission that includes another major milestone toward its rapid reusability aspirations. With a preliminary Oct. 13 launch date, SpaceX is taking all the required steps to prepare for the final approval from the FAA. Meanwhile, Starbase continues to set the stage for its future, with numerous vehicles in various stages of testing and the buildup of the second pad at the launch site.
Chris Bergin
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The Hubble Space Telescope continues to operate to this day in part due to the…
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The combined Ariane 6 launcher task force, consisting of ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup, has reported…
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The flight of Booster 9 and Ship 25 is now in the final stage of…
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The United States Space Force (USSF) recently released a second draft of a request for…
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Progress toward the second flight of the world’s most powerful launch vehicle continues to take…
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With the maiden launch of Starship still fresh in the mind, the follow-up flight is…
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NASA managers tasked with humanity’s next journey into deep space spoke positively about Starship’s recent…
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In this week’s spaceflight news round-up, China’s reusable spaceplane has completed its second long-duration mission…
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CommercialEuropean
Orbex breaks ground on Sutherland Spaceport as UK prepares to enter domestic launch market
by Chris BerginUnited Kingdom (UK) based spaceflight company Orbex has begun construction at the Sutherland Spaceport in…
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SpaceX
Elon Musk pushes for orbital goal following data gathering objectives during Starship debut
by Chris BerginFollowing the maiden launch of the world’s most powerful rocket, SpaceX hopes to conduct a…
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EuropeanInternationalOtherScienceUncrewed
As JUICE struggles with antenna deployment, program manager highlights status of the mission
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) latest interplanetary mission that is set to explore Jupiter and…
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One of the most iconic launch sites in the world, Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Space…
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The most powerful rocket in history launched on its second attempt Thursday, the first major…
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CommercialSpaceX
Starship into final preps for launch targeting second half of April
by Chris BerginShip 24 and Booster 7 – now returned to a full-stack stance – are waiting…
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SpaceX’s Starship program has reached a major milestone ahead of its historic launch with a…
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The Starship test program has hit the ground running in 2023, with the full-stack partnership…
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SpaceX’s Starship program continues to march through a fluid set of milestones, ranging from a…
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SpaceX’s Starbase is heading into its latest phase of milestones for Starship, with the high…
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It’s been a whole year since the last launch out of Starbase, Texas – as…