In what has already been a busy year for SpaceX, the commercial launch provider is adding one more mission to its jammed-packed end-of-year schedule. A mysterious mission codenamed “Zuma” will launch No Earlier Than 10 November 2017 from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Meanwhile, CRS-13 is slipping at least one week per the Station’s schedule, and the Iridium NEXT-4 mission from Vandenberg has received permission to debut RTLS landing of the Falcon 9 booster back at SLC-4W.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Monday, before succcessfully deploying…
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SpaceX completed a Static Fire test at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Thursday. The test,…
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With just 20 satellites of the Iridium Next constellation in orbit, Iridium Communications’ six remaining…
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Just over two days after its successful launch of BulgariaSat-1, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket conducted…
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SpaceX returned its Falcon 9 rocket to flight Saturday with a mission that delivered ten…
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SpaceX set to return to action with RTF Falcon 9 launch of Iridium spacecraft
by Chris BerginSpaceX is set to Return To Flight (RTF) no sooner than January 14, with the…
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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: Vega retired after final launch; Polaris Dawn lift off
by Aaron McCreaThis week, rockets will launch from all over the globe. China’s CASC sent a Chang…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX flies more customer payloads and Ariane 6 debuts
by John SharpAs many as four SpaceX Falcon 9 missions and the long-delayed inaugural flight of Ariane…
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ADRAS-J mission takes methodical first steps toward the commercial removal of space debris
by Martin SmithThe recent increase in launches to meet growing demands for communications and observation satellites is…
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Launch Roundup: Northrop Grumman prepare the first Cygnus to fly on Falcon 9
by Martin SmithRecent challenges with weather concerns and the movement of key flights such as USSF-52 and…
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Launch Roundup: Axiom-3 crew and Tianzhou 7 cargo space station missions this week
A pair of missions to space stations headline the launches for the week of Jan.…
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SpaceX has closed out its most successful and record-breaking year yet. Its Falcon program broke…
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While the spaceflight world waited for the Starship Integrated Flight Test-2 (IFT-2) launch that happened…
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Following two scrubs, SpaceX launched on the third attempt with a batch of 13 communications…
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China details next generation crew launcher; Venezuela joins the Lunar base
by Adrian BeilChina’s impressive launch cadence took a break in July 2023 with only three launches from…
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On the southern coast of South Korea, the first entirely home-grown launch vehicle in the…
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Reviewing the week in spaceflight and upcoming events, it’s been another busy period, including NASA…
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SpaceX launched another batch of 56 Starlink internet communication satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO)…