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STARBASE - SpaceX is counting down to the first test flight on Monday of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars and beyond. The giant rocket is scheduled to blast off from Starbase, the SpaceX spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas, at…

Enlarge / Starship and Super Heavy are ready to fly, with Starhopper in the foreground for scale. SpaceX Welcome to Edition 5.33 of the Rocket Report! Phew, there is a lot going on this week. The "Heavy rockets" section of this week's report is loaded with news this week about…

EDITOR’S NOTE: The launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket with the ViaSat 3 Americas mission has been delayed to no earlier than April 24. The test-firing of 27 engines on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket Thursday sent a plume of exhaust out of the flame trench at Launch Complex 39A. Credit: Spaceflight…

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With a SpaceX rocket launch late Friday, a Spanish company called Sateliot took its first step toward helping you get text messaging abilities in mountains, rural areas and other parts of the world where conventional mobile networks fail. The 50-employee Barcelona-based startup is one of a growing number of attempts…

TAMPA, Fla. — A second pair of O3b mPower satellites for upgrading SES’ medium Earth orbit (MEO) broadband network are due to arrive at their SpaceX launchpad in Florida this week, Boeing announced April 11. The satellites set off via truck last week from Boeing’s manufacturing facilities in El Segundo,…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX's Starship vehicle sits fully stacked at the company's Starbase facility in South Texas in April 2023, ahead of a planned orbital test flight attempt.  (Image credit: SpaceX via Twitter)SpaceX's huge Starship vehicle could launch on its first-ever orbital test flight by the end of next week,…

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Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with 10 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 missile tracking and data relay network. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us…

This artist’s concept illustrates how the Space Development Agency’s mesh network will detect and track missiles, relay data, and perform navigation and tech demo missions. Credit: Space Development Agency The U.S. military’s Space Development Agency, established in 2019 to fast-track new national security capabilities in orbit, plans to launch the…