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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the Starlink 10-11 mission. This launch featured the Falcon 9 booster, tail number B1067, making its 30th trip to space and back. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now Update Aug. 28, 5:20 a.m. EDT: SpaceX confirmed deployment of the 28 satellites. SpaceX second Starlink launch in …

As SpaceX’s Starship vehicle gathered all of the attention this week, the company’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket continued to hit some impressive milestones. Both occurred during relatively anonymous launches of the company’s Starlink satellites but are nonetheless notable because they underscore the value of first-stage reuse, which SpaceX has pioneered over the last decade. The first milestone occurred on Wednesday …

SpaceX has broken its rocket reuse record again, notching a nice round number in the process. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday (Aug. 28) at 4:12 a.m. EDT (0812 GMT), carrying 28 of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites toward low Earth orbit (LEO). It was the 30th liftoff for this Falcon 9’s …

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in launch position at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is planning to launch of its latest batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday. The Starlink 17-6 mission will add another 24 satellites to the …

SpaceX is gearing up for its latest launch out of Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday morning. The company is planning to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 8:44 a.m. The rocket will reportedly deliver 24 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. A few minutes after takeoff, officials say the rocket’s first stage will land …

SpaceX sent another batch of its Starlink broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit today (Aug. 18), atop a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The launch, at 12:26 p.m. EDT (1626 GMT or 9:26 a.m. PDT local time) on Monday marked the company’s 100th Falcon 9 flight of 2025. It was SpaceX’s 103rd mission …

SpaceX is planning to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) on Monday morning. The company is targeting 8:44 a.m. for the launch of its latest Starlink mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East. The launch window will be open until 12:44 p.m., according to VSFB officials. SpaceX says the rocket will be delivering 24 Starlink …

SpaceX continued the growth of its broadband internet service with the launch of 24 more Starlink satellites from California on Thursday (Aug. 14). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 1:05 a.m. EDT (0505 GMT or 10:05 p.m. PDT on Aug. 13 local) from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base. About nine minutes later, after a …

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 10-20 mission on Aug. 14, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Aug. 14, 10:30 a.m. EDT: SpaceX confirms deployment of the Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with a batch of 28 of its Starlink V2 Mini satellites …