News Archive / Tagged: SpaceX

• 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.

• Scientists, SpaceX debate Starlink satellites’ impact on night sky

  Laurel KornfeldJune 4th, 2019

  SpaceX's launch its first 60 Starlink satellites is generating controversy about their potential impact on night sky observation and radio astronomy.

• ‘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.

• Video: SpaceFlight Insider’s Space Bulletin for May 25, 2019

  Derek RichardsonMay 25th, 2019

  This week, SpaceX launched its first Starlink internet satellites and NASA awarded a contract to build the first piece of the agency’s Lunar Gateway.

• Gallery: SpaceX begins launching its Starlink constellation

  Derek RichardsonMay 24th, 2019

  In the black of night, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink spacecraft to begin its satellite internet mega constellation.

• SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites

  Derek RichardsonMay 24th, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX made history again by launching the first 60 satellites of its Starlink satellite internet mega constellation.

• Companies selected to study lunar landers for Artemis program

  Derek RichardsonMay 17th, 2019

  In order to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024 under the Artemis program, NASA needs to get a jump start on the development of crew-rated lunar landers.

• Starlink launch scrubbed again

  Derek RichardsonMay 16th, 2019

  For the second day in a row, SpaceX has called off the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket with the first 60 Starlink satellites.

• High winds force scrub of 1st SpaceX Starlink mission

  Derek RichardsonMay 15th, 2019

  SpaceX's first batch of Starlink satellites need to wait another 24 hours before taking flight due to "excess upper level winds."

• SpaceX targeting May 15 to launch 60 Starlink satellites

  Derek RichardsonMay 14th, 2019

  A week after confirming it was ready to launch “dozens” of Starlink satellites, SpaceX test fired the Falcon 9 it plans to use for the Starlink-1 mission.

• Video: SpaceFlight Insider’s Space Bulletin for May 11, 2019

  Derek RichardsonMay 11th, 2019

  This week, Blue Origin unveiled its Blue Moon lander while SpaceX’s CRS-17 Dragon arrived at the International Space Station.

• SpaceX to launch Starlink satellites as early as next week

  Derek RichardsonMay 8th, 2019

  At a conference in Washington D.C., a SpaceX executive said the first dedicated launch of Starlink satellites is scheduled to fly as early as May 15.

• CRS-17 Dragon arrives at ISS with cargo, stray cable

  Derek RichardsonMay 6th, 2019

  SpaceX’s CRS-17 Dragon arrived at the International Space Station with fresh supplies and an unexpected cable that was supposed to fall away during launch.

• Gallery: CRS-17 launch brightens Space Coast skies

  Derek RichardsonMay 4th, 2019

  SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the CRS-17 Dragon spacecraft perched atop it in the company’s fifth flight of 2019.

• Video: SpaceFlight Insider’s Space Bulletin for May 4, 2019

  Derek RichardsonMay 4th, 2019

  In this week’s Space Bulletin, a bunch of rockets launched, including a Long March 4B from China and a Falcon 9 with a Dragon bound for the space station.