News Archive / Tagged: Space Launch Complex 40

• SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket orbits the Hotbird 13F satellite

  Theresa CrossOctober 15th, 2022

  SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lit up the night sky in Florida to send the Hotbird 13F communications satellite into orbit for Eutelsat.

• SpaceX ties annual launch record with latest Starlink mission

  Theresa CrossJuly 17th, 2022

  SpaceX launched its 31st Falcon 9 rocket of 2022, tying its annual flight record set just last year -- and it's only July.

• 53 more Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX Falcon 9

  Theresa CrossJuly 7th, 2022

  SpaceX launched its 48th dedicated Starlink mission to orbit, adding 53 satellites to the company’s ever-growing internet constellation.

• SpaceX launches SES-22 communications satellite

  Theresa CrossJune 30th, 2022

  At 5:04 p.m. EDT (21:04 UTC) June 29, 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SES-22 C-band communications satellite.

• SpaceX Transporter-5 mission orbits dozens of small satellites

  Theresa CrossMay 25th, 2022

  Continuing its average launch cadence of once a week, SpaceX flew a Falcon 9 rocket with the Transporter-5 rideshare mission.

• SpaceX flies same Falcon 9 first stage in 3 weeks

  Theresa CrossApril 29th, 2022

  In the latest SpaceX Starlink internet satellite mission, the company set a new launch-to-launch turnaround record for a Falcon 9 first stage.

• SpaceX launches Transporter-4 smallsat rideshare mission

  Theresa CrossApril 1st, 2022

  Using a Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX’s Transporter-4 dedicated smallsat rideshare mission lofted 40 payloads into a polar orbit from Florida.

• More Starlink satellites lofted by SpaceX during late night launch

  Theresa CrossMarch 19th, 2022

  A SpaceX Falcon 9 left Florida’s Space Coast delivering another round of satellites to the company’s Starlink internet constellation.

• 48 more Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX

  Theresa CrossMarch 9th, 2022

  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted another group of Starlink satellites into orbit to add to the company’s internet constellation.

• SpaceX launches 4th Starlink mission of 2022

  Theresa CrossFebruary 21st, 2022

  SpaceX sent its latest batch of Starlink satellites into orbit, adding 46 new spacecraft to its ever-growing internet constellation.

• Falcon 9 Transporter-3 rideshare orbits 100+ satellites

  Theresa CrossJanuary 13th, 2022

  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched over a hundred satellites into space on a dedicated rideshare mission called Transporter-3.

• SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Turksat 5B communications satellite

  Theresa CrossDecember 19th, 2021

  SpaceX launched a satellite called Turksat 5B into orbit for a Turkish communications company. This was the second Falcon 9 mission in less than a day.

• SpaceX breaks annual flight record with latest Starlink mission

  Theresa CrossDecember 2nd, 2021

  SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites, as well as two rideshare payloads for BlackSky, into low Earth orbit atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.

• SpaceX launches 53 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida

  Theresa CrossNovember 13th, 2021

  SpaceX launched its latest batch of Starlink internet satellites, the first dedicated launch for the constellation from Florida since May.

• SpaceX launches Transporter-2 Falcon 9 rideshare mission

  Theresa CrossJune 30th, 2021

  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Transporter-2, the second dedicated rideshare mission for the company, into a polar orbit from Florida.