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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 68th Starlink mission of 2024 as it seeks permission to operate nearly 30,000 Gen2 satellites
by Will Robinson-Smith on October 21, 2024 at 8:14 pm
The mission will bring the total number of orbital launches from Florida in 2024 to 72, tying the total for 2023. Liftoff is set for no earlier than Tuesday at […]
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SpaceX launches final Gen. 1 OneWeb satellites on 100th orbital flight of 2024
by Will Robinson-Smith on October 19, 2024 at 9:48 pm
With this mission, SpaceX has now launched 98 Falcon 9 rockets and two Falcon Heavy rockets this year. Liftoff of the OneWeb #20 mission happened at 10:13 p.m. […]
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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
by Will Robinson-Smith on October 17, 2024 at 6:55 pm
The Starlink 8-19 mission came at the end of the week kicked off by the launch of SpaceX's Starship rocket, a Falcon Heavy rocket and two other Falcon 9 […]
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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
by Will Robinson-Smith on October 15, 2024 at 2:59 am
The mission was the second Falcon 9 launch of the day for SpaceX. Liftoff occurred at 1:21 a.m. PDT (4:21 a.m. EDT, 0821 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 4 East […]
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SpaceX notches 100th launch of 2024 with Starlink mission on Falcon 9 rocket
by Will Robinson-Smith on October 15, 2024 at 2:12 am
The mission also broke SpaceX's record number of orbital launches achieved in 2023. Liftoff happened at 2:10 a.m. EDT (0610 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 […]
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SpaceX launches $5.2 billion NASA mission to Jupiter’s ocean moon, Europa
by Will Robinson-Smith on October 14, 2024 at 11:17 am
The mission featured the launch of NASA’s largest spacecraft bound on a planetary mission. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A happened 12:06 p.m. EDT (1606 UTC).
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SpaceX pulls off mid-air launch pad capture of descending Super Heavy booster
by William Harwood on October 13, 2024 at 8:31 pm
In one of the most dramatic, high-risk space flights to date, SpaceX launched a gargantuan Super Heavy-Starship rocket on an unpiloted test flight Sunday and […]
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Live coverage: SpaceX to attempt first booster catch during the Starship Flight 5 mission
by Will Robinson-Smith on October 13, 2024 at 4:20 am
The launch continues SpaceX’s advancement of the rocket, which is key not only to its ambitions, but also to NASA’s Artemis program. Liftoff from Starbase […]
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ESA’s Hera spacecraft launches on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as Hurricane Milton takes aim at Florida
by Will Robinson-Smith on October 7, 2024 at 9:12 am
The mission is a follow-on from NASA’s planetary defense mission, DART, which succeeded in changing the orbit of an asteroid around its larger neighbor. […]
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ULA launches second Vulcan flight, encounters strap-on booster anomaly
by William Harwood on October 4, 2024 at 1:24 pm
United Launch Alliance fired off a next-generation Vulcan rocket Friday in the second of two "certification" test flights needed before the new launcher can be […]