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“Deployment of 28 Starlink satellites confirmed.” With that statement, posted to social media, SpaceX wrapped another launch in support of its broadband internet satellite megaconstellation on Sunday (Aug. 31). The 28 Starlink satellites (Group 10-14) lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The one-hour and five-minute mission …

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites today (Aug. 30), sending 24 of them up from California’s central coast. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink craft lifted off today from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:59 a.m. EDT (0359 GMT; 9:59 p.m. local California time on Aug. 29). The rocket’s first stage, designated Booster 1082, came back …

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in the vertical position at sunset at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is preparing to launch 24 Starlink broadband satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday evening on a Falcon 9 rocket launch less than 30 minutes after sunset. The mission dubbed Starlink 17-7 …

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 …

SpaceX Starship Deploys Satellites in Space During Key Test  Bloomberg.com SpaceX Starship Completes Successful Test Flight After Previous Launch Setbacks  The New York Times Video: SpaceX rocket launches after third attempt  CNN SpaceX’s Starship passes development rut, deploys first mock satellites  Reuters Starship deploys all payloads during 10th flight, splashes down in Indian Ocean  ValleyCentral.com Source link

The Luxembourg NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) satellite sits at the top of a rideshare stack ahead of launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Aug. 26, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Aug. 26, 4:05 p.m. EDT: SpaceX landed its booster and successfully deployed the payloads. SpaceX launched its 37th Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base this year, …

SpaceX launched a new Earth-observation satellite along with several smaller spacecraft from California on Tuesday (Aug. 26). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying Luxembourg’s National Advanced Optical System (NAOS) spacecraft lifted off on Tuesday at 2:53 p.m. EDT (1853 GMT or 11:53 a.m. PDT local) from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base. In addition to NAOS, which …

Since the early 2000s, scientists have been puzzled by a gleaming turquoise spot in the middle of the Antarctic Ocean showing up in satellite images. The patch is located just south of the great calcite belt, a region that’s rich in the mineral form of calcium carbonate, and teeming with coccolithophores, tiny marine organisms that grow reflective calcite shells out …

Since the early 2000s, scientists have been puzzled by a gleaming turquoise spot in the middle of the Antarctic Ocean showing up in satellite images. The patch is located just south of the great calcite belt, a region that’s rich in the mineral form of calcium carbonate, and teeming with coccolithophores, tiny marine organisms that grow reflective calcite shells out …

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Aug. 22). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in coastal California today at 1:04 p.m. EDT (1704 GMT; 10:04 a.m. local time). The rocket’s first stage came back to Earth about 8.5 minutes later, touching down in the …