A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites soared into the blue sky over California on Saturday (Sept. 6) after emerging 20 seconds into its flight from a fog layer typical of its launch site. The booster lifted off at 2:06 p.m. EDT (1806 GMT or 11:06 a.m. PDT local time) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at …
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SpaceX launched a fresh batch of Starlink spacecraft into orbit this morning (Sep. 3), lofting 28 more satellites into the company’s megaconstellation of over 8,000. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex-40, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:56 a.m. EDT (1156 GMT). It came just over 8 hours after a different Falcon 9 …
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Another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just earned its wings. A Falcon 9 with a brand-new first stage lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today (Sept. 2) at 11:51 p.m. EDT (8:51 p.m. local time; 0351 GMT on Sept. 3), carrying 24 of the company’s Starlink internet satellites toward low Earth orbit (LEO). Such debuts are rare for …
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File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) ahead of the launch of the Starlink 12-18 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Sept. 3, 1 a.m. EDT: SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket launch from Florida’s Space Coast is set to depart less than an hour after sunrise on Wednesday. The mission, dubbed Starlink 10-22, will …
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File image of a Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is gearing up for its first Falcon 9 launch of the month, which will carry another batch of 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. The Tuesday night launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base features the flight of a new …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Whatever embers may still be left burning from the original spirit of Burning Man are holding on for dear life as Silicon Valley tries to put them out for good. The latest dagger delivered to the Bohemia turned billionaire LARPing event comes from above, as Elon Musk’s Starlink is now providing internet connection to those in attendance, according to the …
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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 …
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