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SpaceX ties annual launch record with latest Starlink mission

SpaceX ties annual record with latest #Starlink launch

As seen from north of Orlando, Florida, some 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of the launch site, SpaceX launches its 31st mission of 2022, tying the record set last year. Credit: Theresa Cross / Spaceflight Insider SpaceX launched its 31st Falcon 9 rocket of 2022, tying its annual flight record set just last year — and it’s only July. (more…)

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53 more Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX Falcon 9

53 more #Starlink satellites launched by #SpaceX #Falcon9

SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites using its Falcon 9 rocket. Group 4-15 orbited 53 satellites to add to the company’s internet constellation. Credit: Theresa Cross / Spaceflight Insider SpaceX launched its 48th dedicated Starlink mission to orbit, adding 53 satellites to the company’s ever-growing internet constellation. (more…)

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SpaceX launches SES-22 communications satellite

Yesterday, a SpaceX #Falcon9 launched the #SES22 communications satellite into orbit.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches the SES-22 satellite into space. Credit: Theresa Cross / Spaceflight Insider At 5:04 p.m. EDT (21:04 UTC) June 29, 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SES-22 C-band communications satellite. (more…)

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SpaceX Transporter-5 mission orbits dozens of small satellites

SpaceX #Transporter5 mission orbits dozens of small satellites

SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission takes flight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Credit: Theresa Cross / Spaceflight Insider Continuing its average launch cadence of once a week, SpaceX flew a Falcon 9 rocket with the Transporter-5 rideshare mission. (more…)

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SpaceX flies same Falcon 9 first stage in 3 weeks

SpaceX flies same Falcon 9 first stage in 3 weeks

A Falcon 9 rocket launches 53 Starlink satellites into orbit. Just 21 days before, the same first stage was used for the Axiom Space Ax-1 crew mission to the International Space Station. Credit: Theresa Cross / Spaceflight Insider In the latest SpaceX Starlink internet satellite mission, the company set a new launch-to-launch turnaround record for a Falcon 9 first stage. (more…)

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SpaceX launches Transporter-4 smallsat rideshare mission

SpaceX launches #Transporter4 smallsat rideshare mission

SpaceX’s Transporter-4 Falcon 9 mission launches 40 satellites into space from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Credit: Theresa Cross / Spaceflight Insider SpaceX’s Transporter-4 dedicated smallsat rideshare mission lofted 40 payloads into a polar orbit from Florida. (more…)

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More Starlink satellites lofted by SpaceX during late night launch

More Starlink satellites lofted by SpaceX during late night launch

SpaceX launches 53 more Starlink satellites on March 19, 2022. Credit: Theresa Cross / Spaceflight Insider A SpaceX Falcon 9 left Florida’s Space Coast delivering another round of satellites to the company’s Starlink internet constellation. (more…)

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48 more Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX

SpaceX launches 48 more #Starlink satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 48 Starlink satellites into space on March 9, 2022. Credit: Theresa Cross / Spaceflight Insider A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted another group of Starlink satellites into orbit to add to the company’s internet constellation. (more…)

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