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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…

Update October 2nd, 10:00PM ET: Just 2 seconds before liftoff, SpaceX stopped the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket, without giving a clear indication of what went wrong. The next opportunity for SpaceX to fly is Saturday evening, though a launch date hasn’t been confirmed yet. Original Story: Late Friday…

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File photo of a previously-flown Falcon 9 booster. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight NowThe U.S. Space Force says it will launch two GPS navigation satellites on reused Falcon 9 boosters next year through a restructured contract with SpaceX that saved taxpayers $52 million, the first time the military has agreed to fly…

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Home News Spaceflight SpaceX and NASA are preparing for the first full-fledged crew flight to the International Space Station, which will look similar — but not identical — to the crewed test flight the pair ran this summer.That test flight, dubbed Demo-2, saw veteran NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob…

by Jeff Foust — September 30, 2020 A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft being prepared for launch. The company plans to launch three crew and four cargo Dragon missions over 14 months. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — SpaceX is preparing for a busy schedule of Dragon missions carrying cargo and crew to the…