A major question for SpaceX’s end of year manifest appears to be gaining some answers as the company aims to debut its Falcon Heavy rocket in the late-December time period. The schedule for Falcon Heavy has been a fluid campaign as operations to bring SLC-40 back into operation took major priority this year following the activation and historically high use of LC-39A to ramp up and maintain SpaceX’s impressive launch cadence.
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CommercialSpaceX
SpaceX Falcon 9 conducts static fire as Falcon Heavy waits in the wings
by Chris BerginSpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on the Falcon 9 set to launch the…
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Developing rockets is difficult – even when those rockets use existing rocket boosters. Such is…
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SpaceX is Static Fire testing in two regions of the United States this week, both…
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As SpaceX continues to make excellent progress on rebuilding SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Air…
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SpaceX head Elon Musk has revealed plans to utilize the Falcon Heavy and Dragon 2…
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SpaceX’s new rocket system, the Falcon Heavy, is continuing preparations for her 2015 debut, with…
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SpaceX has confirmed it is now into the construction phase of converting Kennedy Space Center’s…
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ArtemisOtherUncrewed
SpaceX: Falcon Heavy, Falcon 9 tag team set to share 20 launches a year
by Chris BerginSpace Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) head Elon Musk revealed their latest launch vehicle on Tuesday, the…
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ChineseCommercialRussianSpaceXUncrewed
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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SpaceX launched its fiftieth Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday, deploying Spain’s Hispasat 30W-6 satellite into geostationary…
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When SpaceX launched Starship and Super Heavy for its first flight test in April 2023,…
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ChineseCommercialInternationalNorthrop GrummanOther
Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches customer payloads, China fly resupply mission to Tiangong
While SpaceX flew Starship on its sixth integrated test flight, the company also flew three…
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EuropeanInternationalOtherScienceSpaceX
ESA’s Hera mission launched to asteroid binary as Falcon 9 returns to flight
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission, which is traveling to asteroid Didymos and its…
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ChineseInternationalSpaceX
Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 returns to flight, China launches Earth observation satellites
by Martin SmithThe launch schedule in the past few weeks had been notably quieter than usual. Last…
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SpaceXUncrewed
SpaceX continues record-breaking year with Starship’s full success and Falcon milestones
SpaceX continues to break records with its Falcon rockets during 2024 completing to date a…
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ChineseCommercialEuropeanInternationalOtherScienceSpaceX
Launch Roundup: Electron launches for the 50th time; Falcon 9 returns to normal operations
by Aaron McCreaConcluding a rare week that was void of any launches and riddled with scrubs, the…
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Following an extremely eventful week in Spaceflight, this week was expected to be a return…
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United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket has successfully launched Tuesday on its final flight, the…
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CommercialInternationalOtherRussianSpaceX
Launch Roundup: Delta IV swan song, Angara test flight from Russia, and three Falcon 9 flights
The second week of April not only has a long-awaited total solar eclipse but also…