Continuing its busy 2022 launch manifest, SpaceX has begun filling the next shell of the Starlink constellation. The Starlink 3-1 mission lifted off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 6:39 PM PDT Sunday (01:39 UTC on Monday), tasked with delivering 46 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit.
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United Launch Alliance has deployed a pair of Space Force technology demonstration payloads into geostationary…
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SpaceX launched its third back-to-back Starlink mission in barely a fortnight Friday. Falcon 9 lifted…
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On February 8, 2022, SpaceX announced the loss of around 40 of the 49 Starlink…
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At 12:12pm EST (17:12 UTC), SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket for the Starlink Group…
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SpaceX has launched the National Reconnaissance Office Launch (NROL)-87 mission on their third dedicated mission…
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Elon Musk has confirmed Starship will add another chapter in Launch Complex 39A’s incredible history…
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NASA and CNES to begin SWOT testing as its launch date approaches
by Lee KanayamaWith less than one year to launch, France’s Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and NASA…
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NASA’s DART asteroid redirect mission launches aboard Falcon 9 from Vandenberg
SpaceX has launched NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirect Test) mission onboard a Falcon 9 rocket.…
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Ariane 5 launches civilian, military satellites; mission to clear way for James Webb launch
In an important prelude to the James Webb Space Telescope launch, planned for no earlier…
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Since the dawn of the satellite era, weather satellites have been an instrumental and mainstay…
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DART in transit to Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of November 2021 launch
by Lee KanayamaAfter completing months of tests and assembly, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is in…
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SpaceX CRS-22 delivers new solar arrays & science to International Space Station
The CRS-22 cargo mission to the International Space Station lifted off right on time at…
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Starlink v1.0 L28 mission completes first “shell” of satellites for worldwide coverage
SpaceX’s 16th Falcon 9 launch of the year on Wednesday May 26 lifted off with…
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SpaceX launches Starlink rideshare mission as constellation deployment milestone nears
SpaceX launched its third Starlink mission in just 11 days on the v1.0 L26 flight.…
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The Starlink constellation received another 60 satellites, as Falcon 9 B1060-6 launched on Falcon 9’s…
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As SpaceX continues its push towards a new record number of launches in a single…
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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has been moved to its secondary launch window…
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Two days after a last-second scrub, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the SiriusXM-7…
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Just days after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the American-European Sentinel-6A oceanography satellite into…