SpaceX shares targets and tentative launch date for Starship Flight 11 Teslarati SpaceX targeting Oct. 13 for next Starship megarocket launch Space Shooting for the moon. How Elon Musk’s SpaceX is faring Los Angeles Times How to watch SpaceX’s 11th Starship launch out of Texas Chron SpaceX has a few tricks up its sleeve for the last Starship flight of the year Ars Technica Source …
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This particular booster, numbered Booster 15, launched in March and was caught by the launch tower at Starbase after returning from the edge of space. SpaceX said 24 of the 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines launching on the booster next month are “flight-proven.” The Super Heavy booster flying next month previously launched and was recovered on Flight 8 in March. Credit: …
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SpaceX’s Starship megarocket will fly again less than two weeks from now, if all goes according to plan. SpaceX announced on Monday (Sept. 29) that it’s targeting Oct. 13 for Starship Flight 11, which will be the final launch of the vehicle’s current “Version 2” iteration. Liftoff will occur from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas. The window on Oct. …
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A SpaceX rocket illuminated the night sky with its exhaust plume after launching Sunday from the Vandenberg Space Force Base near the Santa Barbara County coast. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched just after 7 p.m. and could be seen for miles across Santa Barbara, LA and Orange counties. This was the 28th flight for the first stage booster supporting …
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Parts of the Western United States were treated to a cosmic spectacle Sunday evening, as a giant streak illuminated the skies from Los Angeles to Phoenix. Minutes after SpaceX’s Sept. 28 Starlink launch lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Station (VSFS), in California, the Falcon 9 rocket supporting the mission reached the upper atmosphere to create a phenomenon often referred …
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PHOTOS: SpaceX rocket launches in California, seen across Arizona ABC15 Arizona SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Spaceflight Now Did you see that light in the sky? 12News When is the next rocket launch? Where to see SpaceX liftoff in California Ventura County Star SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg in California Space Source link
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lit up the dusk sky over southern California on Sunday (Sept. 28) as it carried a new stack of 28 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. The evening launch at 10:04 p.m. EDT (0204 GMT on Sept. 29 or 7:04 p.m. PDT local time) from Vandenberg Space Force Base successfully reached space in just under …
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What: Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. When: 4:32 to 8:32 p.m. Sunday, but they skipped earlier options and appeared to be aiming for 6:28 p.m., according to SpaceX. If needed, the team has backup opportunities during the same time period Monday. Where: Space Launch Complex-4 on South Base. Landing: The first-stage booster, making its …
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From the outset, SpaceX’s tenth Starship test flight in late August looked like a near-perfect success. The massive rocket had a clean launch from Starbase, sailed smoothly into space, and guided itself to a splashdown in the Indian Ocean within a mere few feet of its target. It’s the kind of accuracy that would have seemed …
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