One year ago today, Falcon Heavy launched for the first time – successfully sending Starman into orbit. A year later, SpaceX is preparing for the first operational launch of Falcon Heavy. The mission – which will feature the Arabsat 6A spacecraft – is one of several marquee launches on SpaceX’s upcoming manifest.
Michael Baylor
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CommercialISSSpaceX
Falcon 9 with Dragon 2 rolls out for DM-1 dry dress rehearsal at 39A
January 3, 2019The SpaceX Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon capsule which will execute the Demonstration Mission-1 (DM-1)…
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After several weeks without a launch, SpaceX is returning to action, conducting the static fire…
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SpaceX’s launch manifest for the remainder of 2018 is beginning to take shape. The company…
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CommercialOther
Exos Aerospace’s SARGE rocket to serve as a platform for a reusable small satellite launcher
October 13, 2018With a successful test flight of the reusable SARGE (Suborbital Autonomous Rocket with GuidancE) sounding…
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Boeing/StarlinerCommercialSpaceX
NAC provides Starliner, Dragon 2 update – Commercial Crew preps entering final leg to launch
August 28, 2018SpaceX and Boeing continue to make steady progress towards the major flight tests under NASA’s…
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SpaceX
SAOCOM 1A ships to Vandenberg as Falcon 9 prepares for the first west coast RTLS
August 1, 2018SAOCOM 1A – the Argentinian Earth observation satellite – has shipped to Vandenberg Air Force…
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SpaceX
SpaceX to attempt five recoveries in less than two weeks as fleet activity ramps up
July 19, 2018Begining July 22nd, SpaceX is currently scheduled to perform three Falcon 9 droneship recoveries, a…
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Virgin Orbit is just months away from the first launch of its LauncherOne rocket. The…
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On May 11th, SpaceX successfully launched a Block 5 Falcon 9 – the final major…
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo has moved into powered flight testing. The test comes early in the…
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On Monday, NASA’s Independent Review Team (IRT) published the first public report on the SpaceX…
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Last weekend, Stratolaunch Systems performed high-speed taxi tests of the world’s largest aircraft by wingspan.…
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Last Thursday, SpaceX performed its first full-blown fairing recovery test during the Falcon 9 launch…
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With over 200 Earth observation satellites, Planet Labs now operates the largest satellite constellation in…