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by Jeff Foust — February 9, 2022 A Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center Feb. 3 carrying 49 Starlink satellites. Up to 40 of those satellites will reenter after a geomagnetic storm kept the spacecraft from raising their orbits. Credit: SpaceX MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Up to…

Home News Skywatching See the SpaceX booster? If you spot SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster in a telescope before it hits the moon, let us know! Send images and comments in to spacephotos@space.com.  A SpaceX rocket's upper stage was caught on camera careening toward a collision course with the moon. Virtual…

Home News Spaceflight A stunning new video from SpaceX captures what it's like to watch a rocket launch from mid-air and then witness the booster return to Earth. The video, captured by a flying SpaceX drone, shows the company's launch of the classified NROL-87 satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance…

1/5 An Astra Space rocket is prepared for launch from Florida on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Astra Space ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The planned launch of an Astra Space rocket from Florida was scrubbed Saturday after the failure of ground equipment needed to launch. "Unfortunately, due to a…

SpaceX launched 49 of its Starlink internet satellites to low-Earth orbit on Thursday. The mission took place a day after news emerged that SpaceX is preparing a Starlink Premium broadband service on top of its standard service. Starlink Premium will offer speeds of up to 500 mbps, but the service…

NASA and SpaceX will hold a joint media teleconference at noon EST Friday, Feb. 4, to provide an update on progress toward the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station...Read More

Posted by Jason Cartwright on February 2, 2022 A page has shown up on SpaceX’s Starlink site for Starlink Premium. This new larger design offers more than double the antenna capability of Starlink, delivering faster internet speeds and higher throughput for the highest demand users, including businesses. Starlink Premium users…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sits horizontal at Space Launch Complex 4-East on Tuesday ahead of a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. Credit: Brian Sandoval / Spaceflight Now A classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office is closed up in the nose cone of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for…

Home News Spaceflight A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a new batch of Starlink internet satellites is seen atop Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center (right) in this photo taken Jan. 31. At left, another Falcon 9 that launched an Italian satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on…

Home News Space.com The universe finally stopped conspiring against the launch of an Italian Earth-observation satellite.  A two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with the Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 (CSG-2) satellite lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Monday (Jan. 31) at 6:11 p.m. EST (2311 GMT). SpaceX…