After inclement weather led SpaceX to call off a launch attempt on Monday morning, the company finally launched the Starlink v1.0 Launch 12 mission from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday at 7:29am EDT (11:29 UTC). This was the fifth attempt to get the mission off the ground.
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OmegA Launch Tower to be demolished as KSC 39B fails to become a multi-user pad
by Chris BerginFollowing the cancellation of Northrop Grumman’s OmegA rocket, work to demolish the vehicle’s launch tower…
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SpaceX has launched their ninth launch of operational Starlink satellites, along with two satellites for…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on the Crew Dragon’s Demo-2 mission…
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As the transition from government-owned crew launch rockets to commercial providers arrives, NASA launch integration…
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There’s an age-old joke amongst those who work with/launch rockets and those who cover their…
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SpaceX, Falcon 9 for Demo-2 mission conducts critical static fire test
by Ian AtkinsonSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has conducted a static fire test ahead of the Crew Dragon…
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SpaceX successfully launches sixth Starlink launch despite engine issue
by Ian AtkinsonSpaceX launched the Starlink V1.0 L5 mission from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday.…
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As SpaceX competes for the right to launch future US military satellites, an environmental assessment…
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SpaceX successfully launched a unique Falcon 9 rocket at LC-39A for the in-flight abort test…
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The construction of the new Starship launch and landing facility at Pad 39A is in…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is set to provide a highly anticipated update on the company’s…
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Just one week after launching a SpaceX Falcon 9 and a United Launch Alliance Atlas…
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SpaceX is busy on all fronts, from its bread and butter commercial satellite launches to…
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As Ball completes design review for IXPE, SpaceX launch contract points to growing mission profiles
by Ian AtkinsonNASA’s award to SpaceX for the launch contract for their future X-ray telescope, the Imaging…
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After years of payload preparation, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launched one of the company’s most-challenging…
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With the arrival of a new Raptor engine at their Boca Chica launch facility, SpaceX…
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Fifty years ago today, the massive Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 11 mission that…
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As SpaceX continues to make steady progress on multiple Starship test vehicles at their Boca…
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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket has conducted its second flight on Thursday, carrying its first customer…