News Archive / Tagged: SpaceX

• SpaceX marks their 100th successful flight during Starlink launch

  Matt HaskellOctober 24th, 2020

  On Saturday Oct 24, A SpaceX Falcon 9 took to the stars from Cape Canaveral with another batch of Starlink satellites, marking the company’s 100th successful launch. 

• Weather continues to wreak havoc, SpaceX forced to scrub Starlink launch

  Sean CostelloOctober 5th, 2020

  At 7:26 a.m. EDT, SpaceX tweeted that they were calling a scrub on their latest attempt to launch the thirteenth batch of Starlink satellites, with no likelihood for the current weather systems to clear the area.  “We are standing down from today’s Starlink mission due to weather violations on the Range. The team is setting […]

• Morning update: delayed Starlink mission set to fly in less than an hour

  Sean CostelloSeptember 3rd, 2020

  SpaceX is poised to launch their next batch of Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 today, currently scheduled to liftoff at 8:46 a.m. EDT.

• SpaceX launches first polar launch from Florida in 60 years

  Matt HaskellAugust 30th, 2020

  SpaceX has successfully launched the SAOCOM-1B satellite for the Argentinian Space Agency, CONAE – the first polar trajectory launch from Florida’s Space Coast in 60 years.

• No delay expected for SAOCOM 1B, Starlink missions

  Matt HaskellAugust 29th, 2020

  With less than 25 hours remaining until the second planned lift off of a possible double-header flight day, SpaceX is marching forward with plans to launch and recover two Falcon 9 rockets, just 9 hours apart.

• SpaceX aiming for first polar launch from Florida in 60 years

  Cullen DesforgesAugust 28th, 2020

  On August 30, SpaceX is planning to make another entry in the modern-day history books, flying a launch trajectory not seen from Florida’s Space Coast in over 60 years. The mission to launch the SAOCOM-1B payload into a sun-synchronous polar orbit is also part of a rare, two-launch day on the Eastern Range.

• A busy week planned for the Space Coast, 3 launches in 3 days

  Theresa CrossAugust 25th, 2020

  The countdown is on for three planned launches from Cape Canaveral this week, beginning with an early morning United Launch Alliance flight scheduled for 06:12 GMT (2:21 a.m. EDT), Thursday August 27. Launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Launch Complex 37B, the triple body Delta-lV Heavy rocket (the largest of the Delta lV family) […]

• SpaceX successfully launches Booster for the sixth time

  Theresa CrossAugust 18th, 2020

  On August 18 at 10:31 a.m. EDT, SpaceX successfully launched the latest batch of 58 corporate satellites from Cape Canaveral Florida, destined to become part of their growing Starlink constellation.

• SpaceX set to launch its 100th Mission with Starlink and SkySat

  Cullen DesforgesAugust 18th, 2020

  SpaceX is on the cusp of launching its 100th mission, due to loft the eleventh batch of Starlink satellites on Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, atop their Falcon 9 rocket.

• Fourth GPS satellite arrives safely in Florida

  Cullen DesforgesAugust 10th, 2020

  On July 14, the fourth satellite in the Global Positioning System III (GPS III) system arrived at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, for processing in preparation of its launch in September.

• SES awards launch contracts to ULA & SpaceX

  Matt HaskellAugust 7th, 2020

  SES has contracted both United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX to fly its newest four C-band satellites into orbit in 2022.

• Starship ‘SN5’ takes flight as SpaceX marches forward

  Cullen DesforgesAugust 4th, 2020

  For the second time in just three days, SpaceX has succeeded in showcasing their team’s capabilities and readiness to redefine the future of commercial space travel. Earlier today, August 4, 2020, the company completed a test flight of its Starship prototype vehicle, dubbed SN5, ‘hopping’ to an altitude of 150 meters above its rocket development […]

• Demo-2 Crew Dragon splashes down after 2-month mission

  Derek RichardsonAugust 2nd, 2020

  After two months aboard the International Space Station, Dragonship Endeavour with its two-person astronaut crew is back on Earth, having splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.

• SpaceX successfully catches both Anasis-2 fairing halves

  Matt HaskellJuly 21st, 2020

  For the very first time in the history of the storied spaceflight provider SpaceX, both Falcon 9 payload fairing halves have been successfully caught mid-flight by the companies twin recovery ships.

• Commercial spaceflight advocate outlines revolution in the field

  Laurel KornfeldJuly 7th, 2020

  Bruce Pittman of NASA’s Space Portal Office, a 35-year advocate for commercial spaceflight, outlined his vision of the endeavor over the next 42 months in a June webinar run by NASA’s Night Sky Network.