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Home News Spaceflight CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s historic six-time flier — a Falcon 9 rocket first stage designated B1049 — returned to Florida's Port Canaveral Friday (Aug. 21), after delivering a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit earlier this week. The Falcon 9 booster appeared on the horizon just after…

by Caleb Henry — August 20, 2020 SpaceX will launch SES's 11 O3b mPower satellites to medium Earth orbit from 2021 to 2024. SES operates satellites in geostationary and medium Earth orbit. Credit: SES WASHINGTON — Fleet operator SES on Aug. 20 said it selected SpaceX to launch four recently…

File photo of a Falcon 9 launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceXSES announced Thursday it has tapped SpaceX for two additional Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral to deliver more Boeing-built O3b mPower broadband satellites into orbit, adding to a pair of…

SpaceX launched another 58 new Starlink satellites into Earth orbit last night, and it managed to catch one of its nosecone fairings as a bonus.  The fairings cost as much as $6 million each, so it’s a wise business decision to attempt to recover them when possible. SpaceX now has…

SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites today from the Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida, the United States on Tuesday 18 August. Watch as Falcon 9 makes history.SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellitesToday’s Starlink launch was memorable: it was the first time a booster completed six flights. Its payload…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 Tuesday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Credit: William Harwood/CBS NewsA Falcon 9 rocket loaded with 58 more broadband relay nodes for SpaceX’s Starlink Internet network took off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, bringing the total number of Starlink craft launched since…

Home News Spaceflight CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched a new Starlink rideshare mission into orbit today (Aug. 18), lofting a bevy of Starlink internet satellites along with three small Earth-observation satellites before sticking a rocket landing at sea. The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket carrying 58 SpaceX Starlink satellites, and…

The booster flown Tuesday had been used five times before. SpaceX SpaceX sent another batch of Starlink broadband satellites on their way to orbit from Florida on Tuesday, along with a few Earth-observing metal birds, and made history once again in the process.The Falcon 9 booster that Elon Musk's space company…

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