As SpaceX narrows on a second stage COPV (Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel) as the cause of the AMOS-6 static fire pad failure on 1 September, the company is pressing ahead with hot fire operations on a new first stages at its McGregor, Texas, facility. The new booster is set to power what SpaceX hopes will be a December mission from the soon-to-be-christened LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX launched Japan’s JCSAT-16 communications satellite in the early hours of Sunday via a Falcon…
SpaceX has launched its Falcon 9 rocket early on Monday, carrying the CRS-9 Dragon spacecraft…
SpaceX has conducted a critical test firing of all nine core stage engines of its…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket made its twenty-fifth flight – and its second of the month…
SpaceX has completed a crucial static firing of their Falcon 9 rocket ahead of the…
The Falcon 9 first stage that successfully landed on the deck of the Autonomous Spaceport Drone…
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft returned to flight Friday with the CRS-8 resupply mission to the International…
SpaceX has conducted a crucial static fire of their Falcon 9 rocket ahead of Dragon’s…
SpaceX’s rocket stages are deep into their test and processing flows, ahead of two missions…
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Space Systems has successfully completed all in-orbit checkout procedures for the…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket – forced to delay its opening attempts to launch the SES-9…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has conducted her Static Fire test on Monday, a dress rehearsal milestone…
Two SpaceX missions have received preliminary planning dates for their upcoming launches out of Cape…
SpaceX launched an international ocean research mission Sunday via its Falcon 9 rocket, the final…
SpaceX achieved another milestone on Friday when it conducted a Static Fire test on the…
SpaceX rolled out its Falcon 9 rocket for a static fire that was conducted on…
For the two commercial companies contracted with NASA for cargo resupply of the International Space Station,…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket returned to flight Monday, on a mission for communications firm Orbcomm…
SpaceX has conducted the key milestone of a Static Fire test at its Space Launch…
