Orbital ATK’s Taurus-XL rocket – now renamed Minotaur-C – returned to flight on Tuesday with a commercial mission deploying ten satellites for Planet Labs, six and a half years after its last launch ended in failure. Liftoff took place from Vandenberg Air Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 576E (SLC-576E) at 14:37 local time (21:37 UTC).
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SpaceX has launched the Koreasat-5A communications satellite for South Korea’s KT SAT on Monday, with…
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SpaceX launched its fortieth Falcon 9 Thursday, carrying the Formosat-5 spacecraft for the Taiwan’s National…
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SpaceX conducted its first flight from the US Eastern Range following July’s scheduled maintenance stand…
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As Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew transportation vehicle for NASA continues to meet its processing milestones…
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SpaceX launched its first re-used Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 on Saturday, beginning the…
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SpaceX conducted its sixth launch of the year Monday, with a Falcon 9 rocket deploying…
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For SpaceX and its founder Elon Musk, it was a day 15 years in the…
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SpaceX took a step into the future Thursday as it reused – for the first…
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SpaceX has conducted its first launch from the Kennedy Space Center since the end of…
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The International Space Station (ISS) crew are busy preparing for new Visiting Vehicles, as one…
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For the first time on the West Coast, a recovered Falcon 9 first stage has…
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SpaceX returned its Falcon 9 rocket to flight Saturday with a mission that delivered ten…
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In preparation for a December return to launch operations, SpaceX has delivered one Falcon 9…
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As SpaceX narrows on a second stage COPV (Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel) as the cause…
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk has made his landmark speech, finally revealing details of his plans to…
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SpaceX is still working towards a root cause into the failure of its Falcon 9…
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Spacewalk installs docking adapter to ready ISS for commercial crew
by Pete HardingThe International Space Station (ISS) has finally received a new docking adapter on Friday, which…
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SpaceX launched Japan’s JCSAT-16 communications satellite in the early hours of Sunday via a Falcon…
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Preparations for SpaceX’s next launch completed a major milestone late on Wednesday, via the Static…