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It is no longer a surprise to industry observers that partial reusability, economies of scale and vertical integration have enabled SpaceX to achieve extremely low Falcon 9 launch costs, nor is it a surprise that SpaceX’s launch and satellite connectivity businesses are inherently linked, as the company takes advantage of…

Home News CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX delivered its 13th batch of Starlink satellites to orbit Tuesday (Oct.6), following a two-week delay due to bad weather. The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 7:29 a.m. EDT (1129 GMT), hauling a full stack…

A Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from pad 39A Tuesday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceXSixty more SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites rocketed into orbit Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Center, breaking a streak canceled launch attempts at the Florida spaceport in recent weeks and nudging the Starlink…

by Jeff Foust — October 6, 2020 A Falcon 9 carrying 60 Starlink satellites lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Oct. 6. Credit: SpaceX webcast WASHINGTON — As SpaceX launches a new batch of Starlink satellites, the company is quietly deorbiting the original set of satellites less…

FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 30, 2020. REUTERS/Joe Skipper(Reuters) - Elon Musk’s SpaceX…

File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Credit: SpaceXThe National Reconnaissance Office has confirmed it will launch a payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral later this month, a mission on SpaceX’s schedule that was not publicly…

by Sandra Erwin — October 5, 2020 SpaceX is developing a new satellite bus for the Space Development Agency based on the Starlink design. Credit: SpaceX SDA Director Derek Tournear said SpaceX “came in with an extremely credible proposal” that leverages the Starlink assembly line WASHINGTON — The Space Development…

Double Scrub — Expect Musk to remind his launch team of his expectations. Eric Berger - Oct 3, 2020 6:59 pm UTC A Falcon 9 rocket got to within 2 seconds of launching Friday night in Florida. A Falcon 9 rocket is seen ready to go on Friday ahead of…

A Falcon 9 rocket aborted its launch just 2 seconds prior to liftoff Friday night. Credit: SpaceXFor the fourth time this week, a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral was stopped with seconds remaining in the countdown Friday night, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket automatically aborted its liftoff with a…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX aborted the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying an upgraded Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) for the U.S. Space Force on Friday (Oct. 2).Launch controllers called off the launch about two seconds before the company's Falcon 9 rocket was supposed to lift off from Space Launch…