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Home News Spaceflight A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Transporter-1 rideshare mission with a record 143 small satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Jan. 24, 2021. The company has delayed the June 25 launch of Transporter-2. (Image credit: SpaceX)…

by Jason Rainbow — June 24, 2021 Leaf Space is adding more ground stations to cater for the rapidly expanding small satellite industry. Credit: Leaf Space TAMPA, Fla. — Leaf Space has added three more ground stations to its managed network service, helping the Italian company support its largest number…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rocket fires its engines for an on-pad test-firing Tuesday at Cape Canaveral. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now SpaceX said Thursday it has postponed the next launch of a Falcon 9 rocket, previously scheduled for Friday at Cape Canaveral, due to unspecified technical concerns. The…

The Starlink satellite internet service may have the capability to provide users in far-flung regions around the world with high-speed connections before the year ends. SpaceX has deployed 1,800 or so satellites for the Starlink constellation so far. While that number's just a fraction of the 12,000 satellites regulators already…

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No free launch — "The Space Safari team intends to push the envelope." Eric Berger - Jun 18, 2021 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket goes supersonic on Thursday, launching a GPS III satellite for the Space Force. Welcome to Edition 4.03 of the Rocket Report! This…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 soars into the sky over Cape Canaveral Thursday with a GPS navigation satellite. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography A fresh GPS navigation beacon destined to replace a nearly 17-year-old satellite rode into orbit from Cape Canaveral on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9…

by Sandra Erwin — June 17, 2021 A U.S. Space Force GPS 3 SV-5 satellite flew to orbit June 17, 2021 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: U.S. Space Force The booster landing was the third time SpaceX recovered the Falcon 9 first stage in a National Security Space…

by Jeff Foust — June 15, 2021 Orbiter, an orbital transfer vehicle being developed by Launcher, will be able to carry up to 90U of cubesats or other smallsats, and fly on both Launcher Light and SpaceX's Falcon 9. Credit: Launcher WASHINGTON — Small launch vehicle company Launcher announced June…

Unlike conventional in-flight internet providers which have a few satellites orbiting at about 36,000 km above the earth, SpaceX has close to 1,800 satellites orbiting at only 550 km above the earth. SpaceX‘s satellite constellation-based internet network Starlink is exploring the possibility of providing internet connectivity to several airlines. Speaking…