News Archive / Tagged: Falcon 9

• SpaceX poised to take large step toward human space flight

  Cullen DesforgesJanuary 17th, 2020

  SpaceX is ready to check off another box on the list of requirements that need to be completed before the company can send crewed missions to the International Space Station.

• OPINION: 2019 – Numbers and Names

  Jason RhianJanuary 1st, 2020

  Well that happened. 2019 was a roller-coaster of ups and downs that will have far-reaching consequences for future space exploration efforts.

• SpaceX prepares for first of many Starlink launches in 2020

  Jim SiegelDecember 31st, 2019

  2020 looks to be a big year for space. The next twelve months could see the U.S. regain a long-lost capability and another rover should be sent on its way to the Red Planet. SpaceX is planning to kick off 2020 with the launch of the next batch of Starlink satellites.

• Launch of JCSAT-18 / Kacific-1 furthers SpaceX’s reusability program

  SpaceFlight InsiderDecember 18th, 2019

  SpaceX's domination of the launch services market continues with Monday's launch of a Boeing-built satellite for SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. and Kacific Broadband Satellites.

• GALLERY: SpaceX launches JCSAT-18 and Kacific-1

  SpaceFlight InsiderDecember 17th, 2019

  Launching right on time, SpaceX used one of its Falcon 9 rockets to send the JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 satellite to orbit on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 at 7:10 p.m. EST (00:10 UTC on Tuesday). SpaceX sent the Boeing-built satellite on its way to a geostationary transfer orbit. All photos courtesy of SpaceX.

• Launch of CRS-19 cargo freighter to ISS delayed

  Patrick AttwellDecember 4th, 2019

  Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. -- Beautifully clear skies do not necessarily ensure a launch. SpaceX, no stranger to the precise requirements for launch ran afoul of an old foe on Wednesday Dec. 4.

• Gallery: SpaceX completes second flight in less than two weeks with AMOS-17

  Jason RhianAugust 6th, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the AMOS-17 spacecraft on Tuesday Aug. 6, 2019. The flight helped reiterate the company's ability to rapidly turn around and prepare for the next flight.

• SpaceX breaks AMOS jinx with flight of AMOS-17

  Patrick AttwellAugust 6th, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It can be said that SpaceX hasn’t had the best of luck when it comes to AMOS payloads. That unlucky streak was broken today with the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket and its passenger, the AMOS-17 spacecraft.

• AMOS-17 flight atop SpaceX Falcon 9 delayed indefinitely

  Jason RhianAugust 4th, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The flight of Spacecom's AMOS-17 telecommunications satellite has been postponed indefinitely according to a tweet posted by the Air Force Space Command on Aug. 3. This delay comes shortly after SpaceX, the launch service provider, had announced an issue with the rocket and the need for additional testing.

• Suspect valve delays AMOS-17 launch

  Jason RhianAugust 1st, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With several tropical disturbances bearing down on the Sunshine State, an issue with the AMOS-17 Falcon 9 has caused the satellite's launch to be delayed.

• Challenges and triumphs mark TESS’ first year on orbit

  Joe LatrellJuly 30th, 2019

  NASA’S Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) recently celebrated one year of operational status with the discovery of one of the smallest exoplanets found to date. For those working on the project, its discoveries are just a small part of the mission's success.

• Gallery: CRS-18 another check in the ‘Win Box’ for SpaceX

  Derek RichardsonJuly 25th, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the CRS-18 Dragon on the capsule's third flight to the International Space Station on Thursday, July 25. In many ways it marked a repeat performance for the NewSpace company.

• NASA’s IXPE mission marks another win in SpaceX’s contract column

  Patrick AttwellJuly 9th, 2019

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- SpaceX keeps racking up contractual wins. The most recent to be announced was for a NASA mission, one that serves to demonstrate that the company's 74 Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy flights - has not gone unnoticed.

• Going back to Cali! SpaceX launches RADARSAT for Canadian Space Agency

  Jason RhianJune 12th, 2019

  LOMPOC, Calif. -- SpaceX successfully completed the company's second launch of 2019 from Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex 4 East in California. Today's flight continues pushing the company's busy 2019 flight manifest.

• ‘Flarewell’: Predictable Iridium flares nearing end

  Cullen DesforgesJune 3rd, 2019

  Professional and backyard astronomers alike have been observing predictable streaks, or flares, across the night sky for the better part of two decades.