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Home » Science » SpaceX Starship Second Orbital Launch Attempt in 6-8 Weeks SpaceX will finish the water cooled steel plate and complete reconstruction and construction of other launch structures. SpaceX will be ready and approved for another Starship orbital launch attempt in 6-8 weeks. 6 to 8 weeks —…

SpaceX's stunning launch of dozens of satellites on its Transporter-8 rideshare mission on Monday (June 12) marked a significant milestone for the company's workhorse rocket. The Transporter-8 mission lifted off Monday afternoon from Launch Complex-4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying six dozen small satellites toward orbit. But…

NEW YORK — A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched several dozen smallsats on a dedicated rideshare mission June 12, with customers ranging from the U.S. Space Force to startups deploying their first satellites. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 5:35 p.m. Eastern on the Transporter-8 mission.…

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with 72 CubeSats, microsatellites, hosted payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles on the Transporter 8 rideshare mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us…

Watch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 5-11 mission at 3:10 a.m. EDT (0710 UTC) on June 12 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live Launch…

Watch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 5-11 mission at 3:10 a.m. EDT (0710 UTC) on June 12 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live Launch…

Darby Dunn, the Vice President of operations at Commonwealth Fusion Systems. Photo courtesy Commonwealth Fusion Systems From March 2009 to December 2018, Darby Dunn held a handful of engineering and production roles at SpaceX. "In one role in particular, my unofficial title was 'Mother of Dragons,'" Dunn told CNBC in…

The fifth roll-out solar array to upgrade the International Space Station’s power system was unfurled during a spacewalk Friday. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now Astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg suited up and floated outside the International Space Station Friday for a spacewalk to install and unroll an upgraded…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force launch procurement office on June 8 announced an additional 12 missions assigned to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract. The 12 missions are projected to start launching in 2025. SpaceX was assigned five Space Development Agency…

The Pentagon has confirmed it is buying SpaceX’s Starlink broadband services to provide communications in Ukraine. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been supplying Ukraine with Starlink terminals since the Russian invasion of the country in 2022, providing vital communications after the destruction of infrastructure within the country. However, SpaceX stated in…