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Updated 3:19 a.m. EDT (0710 UTC): The launch of the Electron rocket was aborted during the engine ignition sequence. Rocket Lab has scrubbed the launch for today. Updated 12:39 a.m. EDT (0439 UTC): New launch time 0700 UTC (7 p.m. New Zealand time/3 a.m. EDT). Here's a replay of the…

TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX launched EchoStar’s more than nine metric ton Jupiter-3 spacecraft July 28 and successfully dropped off the world’s heaviest commercial communications satellite in geosynchronous transfer orbit. The Maxar Technologies-built satellite lifted off on a dedicated Falcon Heavy at 11:04 p.m. Eastern from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, separating…

News Spaceflight A Maxar satellite image of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket standing on its launch pad at Kennedy Space Center taken on July 26. (Image credit: Maxar Technologies) Before SpaceX's Falcon Heavy made its seventh flight to space, space decided to send some Falcon Heavy to Earth.  In photographs…

News Spaceflight (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX is getting some advice from NASA to investigate the possibility of converting its huge new Starship vehicle into an orbital destination.  If the idea comes to fruition, Starship could offer a wide variety of accommodations for on-orbit research and commercialization.  For NASA, Starship presents…

SpaceX’s Starlink, the satellite-powered internet service, has finally marked its presence in Malaysia, following a hint-dropping tease over a year ago. Not long ago, it secured the much-needed Network Facility and Service Provider License, clearing its legal pathway to operate in the region. Subscriptions are now open, and the service,…

A groundbreaking rocket launch conducted by SpaceX, led by visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk, has captured the attention of the world. On July 19, the company's acclaimed Falcon 9 rocket took off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, embarking on a mission that resulted in a truly exceptional phenomenon.…

1/3 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the next batch of Starlink satellites at 8:50 p.m. from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., on Sunday. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo July 23 (UPI) -- SpaceX successfully launched a rocket with a payload of…

News Spaceflight SpaceX lowers the Booster 9 Starship Super Heavy prototype onto the orbital launch mount at its Starbase site in South Texas. The company posted this photo to Twitter on July 21, 2023. (Image credit: SpaceX via Twitter) Here are a couple of rocket glory shots for you. SpaceX…

News Spaceflight SpaceX launched 22 Starlink satellites to orbit Sunday night (July 23) and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida Sunday at 8:50 p.m. EDT (0050 GMT on July…

SpaceX just moved the newest prototype of its huge Starship Super Heavy booster to the launch pad for testing ahead of liftoff. The rocket, known as Booster 9, is the first to return to the orbital launch mount at Starbase, SpaceX's South Texas facility, since Starship's first fully stacked liftoff…