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The effects huge constellations of satellites could have on astronomy are starting to come into focus, and astronomers are grappling with what this industrialization of space could mean for the future of their field. The big picture: Companies like SpaceX and Amazon have plans to launch thousands of internet-beaming satellites…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 10:30 p.m. EST on Jan. 18 (0330 GMT on Jan. 19) with additional launch delay. A Falcon 9 rocket with a sooty first stage booster flown on seven previous launches arrived at the deck of pad 39A Sunday night. Credit: Spaceflight NowSpaceX rolled out a Falcon 9…

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Home News Spaceflight Editor's note: SpaceX has successfully launched its first Starlink mission of 2021. Read our full wrap story here. Original story: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX will launch its first batch of Starlink satellites in 2021 on Monday (Jan. 18) to expand the company's growing megaconstellation and you…

The Falcon 9 booster assigned to SpaceX’s first Starlink launch of the new year is on track to become the world’s most rapidly reusable rocket as early as Monday, January 18th. Targeting Monday, January 18 at 8:45 a.m. EST for Falcon 9 launch of 60 Starlink satellites from LC-39A; Falcon…

SpaceX is gearing up for the second high-altitude flight test of its next-generation Starship rocket. As part of preflight preparations, the commercial space transportation company fired up the SN9 prototype’s three Raptor engines a total of three times at its facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon. With SN9…

SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station Tuesday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight NowA SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule parachuted to an on-target splashdown Wednesday night west of Tampa, returning more than two tons of experiment specimens from the International Space Station, including live rodents and a dozen bottles of space-aged…

Working out the Raptors — "Today at SpaceX is about practicing Starship engine starts." Eric Berger - Jan 14, 2021 12:46 am UTC Enlarge / The Sun glints around the lower fin of Starship SN8 on Dec. 9, 2020. Trevor Mahlmann On Wednesday, in South Texas, SpaceX fired up its…

by Jeff Foust — January 13, 2021 Intuitive Machines will launch its IM-2 lunar lander mission, carrying a set of NASA payloads, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 no earlier than 2022. Credit: Intuitive Machines WASHINGTON — SpaceX secured contracts Jan. 13 for the launches of a commercial lunar lander mission…

This is just the nose of Starship SN8. Elon Musk SpaceX continues working toward another high-altitude test flight of its next-generation spaceflight system. The latest prototype of Elon Musk's Starship, which is identified by the serial number SN9, underwent a series of three static test fires on Wednesday, Jan. 13.…