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TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX deployed 40 more satellites for OneWeb March 9 in its third and final dedicated mission for the British broadband operator, which is now just one launch away from having enough spacecraft to provide global services. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites lifted off at 2:13…

WASHINGTON — SpaceX’s decision to limit Ukrainian troops’ use of the company’s satellite internet is a cautionary tale for the U.S. military as it grows its reliance on commercial services, the head of U.S. Space Command Gen. James Dickinson told lawmakers March 9. The issue was raised by Sen. Mark…

Watch a replay of our coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 2:13 p.m. EST (1913 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, with 40 OneWeb internet satellites. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live SpaceX launched a Falcon 9…

NASA and SpaceX are targeting 8:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 14, to launch the company’s 27th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff will be from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch timing is dependent upon the undocking and return of NASA’s…

NASA will provide coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with undocking coverage live at 12 a.m. EST on Saturday, March 11. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the space station at 2:05 a.m...Read More

Home News Spaceflight A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 40 broadband satellites to orbit for the U.K. company OneWeb on Thursday (March 9) and came back to Earth for a pinpoint touchdown.  The two-stage Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida Thursday at 2:13 p.m.…

Enlarge / A Starlink satellite dish. Starlink SpaceX has offered a public explanation for why Starlink's actual service availability falls far short of what it claimed on the Federal Communications Commission's national broadband map. SpaceX's FCC filings indicate it offers fixed broadband at virtually every address in the US even…

A stack of 36 OneWeb satellites awaiting launch later this month on an Indian GSLV Mk.3 rocket. Credit: OneWeb OneWeb is in the home stretch of a four-year launch campaign with two more missions — scheduled this week with SpaceX and later this month with NewSpace India Limited — set…

Next-generation rocket self-destructs shortly after inaugural launch published : 7 Mar 2023 at 14:48 An H3 rocket carrying a land observation satellite lifts off from the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center on the southwestern island of Tanegashima in Japan on Tuesday. The mission was aborted a few minutes later.…

Something amazing just happened at SpaceX -- and no, I'm not talking about Thursday's Crew-6 launch. After not six, but actually seven successful launches (counting the 2020 Demo-2 mission), SpaceX's commercial crew program -- shuttling NASA astronauts to the International Space Station and back -- has become almost routine. What…