Weeks after Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus S.S. William McCool ended its CRS NG-23 mission with a destructive reentry, another Cygnus is now flying. A Falcon 9 successfully launched the Cygnus XL S.S. Steven R. Nagel to the International Space Station, the fourth time SpaceX has launched a Cygnus spacecraft.
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Launch Preview: Firefly to launch Alpha, SpaceX to launch three Starlink missions
After a brief grounding earlier this month following the Starlink Group 17-32 second stage deorbit…
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In the second quarter of 2025, SpaceX continued its record launch cadence with the Falcon…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 flies 500th orbital mission during quiet week
by Martin SmithIn a quiet week for rocket launches worldwide, SpaceX has launched the 500th orbital flight…
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SpaceX’s next mission as part of its Transporter small payload rideshare program, Transporter 14, launched…
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Launch Roundup: Rocket Lab launches 65th Electron, SpaceX launches four missions
by Aaron McCreaSpaceX continued to dominate the launch manifest with four missions this week, including SXM-10, and…
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SpaceX has launched its 250th mission from SLC-40 in Florida this week. The company had…
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Launch Roundup: Alpha postponed, Falcon 9 launches cargo to ISS
by John SharpThis week has seen the worldwide launch cadence slow, with only four launches taking place.…
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SpaceX kicked off 2025 by continuing its record-breaking pace of Falcon 9 launches while also…
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SpaceX launches Fram2 crewed mission to historic polar orbit
SpaceX launched its next private human spaceflight mission, Fram2, from Florida on Monday evening. The…
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SpaceX launched its second lunar mission of 2025, just over a month after flying the…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 achieves Bahamas booster landing; Electron flies 60th mission
by John SharpThree Falcon 9 Starlink missions and a Rocket Lab Electron launch from New Zealand made…
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Vast is one step closer to launching its first private commercial space station. The company…
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Launch Roundup: Starlink and CZ-8A launches planned; Falcon booster to land in Bahamas
China conducted the debut flight of an upgraded version of the Chang Zheng 8 medium-lift…
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SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have rapidly changed what was once believed to be impossible regarding satellite…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX returns to launching Starlink following Starship launch
by John SharpWith the dust settling following the launches of Blue Origin’s New Glenn and SpaceX’s Starship…
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SpaceX launched not one but two lunar landers to the Moon on the same mission,…
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SpaceX is gearing up for another record-breaking year in 2025 after surpassing all previous record-breaking…
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The long-awaited Starship ramp-up in Florida has begun, with work increasing at Pad 39A on…
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Launch Roundup: ZhuQue-2E and Chang Zheng 12 take first flights; SpaceX launches classified mission
by Martin SmithThis week Landspace debuted the enhanced version of its ZhuQue-2 rocket and the Chang Zheng…