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Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket launches a Starlink mission in January 2020.SpaceX SpaceX returns to its launch pad at Kennedy Space Center on Monday for its twelfth launch of operational Starlink satellites. The mission is scheduled to lift off from Launch Complex-39A at 10:22am ET (14:22 UTC). Weather conditions…

by Jeff Foust — September 28, 2020 NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe will launch on a Falcon 9 in 2024 along with several secondary payloads. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — NASA has selected SpaceX to launch a space science mission and several secondary payloads, the latest in a series of…

Home News Spaceflight Update for 10:22 a.m. EDT: SpaceX has postponed the Sept. 28 launch of 60 Starlink satellites due to thick clouds over its Florida launch site. A new launch date will be announced once it has been determined. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX will launch its next big batch…

SpaceX has already launched more than 700 Starlink satellites, with thousands more due to come online in the years ahead. Their prime mission is to provide high-speed internet virtually worldwide, extending it to many remote locations that have lacked reliable service to date. Now, research funded by the US Army has…

Elon Shows SpaceX Starship SN8 With Body Flaps Brian Wang | September 27, 2020 | Elon Musk has tweeted out the SpaceX Starship prototype SN8 with body flaps. The body flaps are moved using electric motors instead of hydraulics. SpaceX will add the nosecone and front flaps next week and…

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There’s clearly a pragmatic incentive to allow reused rockets. The Space Force expects to save $52.7 million for the GPS III missions alone. It might also be difficult to insist on brand new rockets. SpaceX is shifting its focus to Starship, and might not be eager to make more Falcon…

Don’t be surprised if that timeframe moves. Musk said on September 13th that he expected SN8 to be ready about a week from then, and clearly that didn’t happen.While a 50,000-foot trip won’t be quite as ambitious, the goal should remain the same. SpaceX wants to show that Starship can…

Home News SpaceX's Starship SN7.1 test tank, before it was intentionally destroyed during a Sept. 22, 2020, pressure test. (Image: © SPadre.com via Twitter) SpaceX just popped another Starship test tank.The Starship SN7.1 tank was destroyed on purpose Tuesday night (Sept. 22) at SpaceX's South Texas facilities, during a pressure…

In Brief Mother Nature scuppered SpaceX's twelfth operational launch of its Starlink satellites, forcing the company to throw in the towel "due to severe weather in the recovery area." Already postponed due to what SpaceX delicately described as a "recovery issue", the next proposed date has yet to be confirmed.…