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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from both US coasts
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from both US coasts
File photo of a previous launch with Starlink satellites by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX flew two missions with Starlink satellites this week — one on each coast of the United States — increasing the size of the company’s internet constellation. (more…)
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SpaceX lofts classified payload from California launch pad
#ICYMI, yesterday #SpaceX launched a #Falcon9 rocket carrying a classified National Reconnaissance Office payload into orbit from the company's West Coast launch pad. #NROL87
A Falcon 9 rocket with the classified NROL-87 payload soars into the California skies. Credit: Ashly Cullumber / Spaceflight Insider A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent a classified payload into orbit for the United States government in the company’s second launch in less than 48 hours. (more…)
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Gallery: SSO-A soars in historic flight
Gallery: SSO-A soars in historic flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with 64 satellites bound for orbit on the SSO-A mission that launched on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Photo Credit: Ashly Cullumber / SpaceFlight Insider
LOMPOC, Calif. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (with a first stage on its third mission) lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 4E in California on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. The mission got underway…
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Gallery: SpaceX creates nebula, makes history
Gallery: SpaceX creates nebula, makes history
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the SAOCOM 1 communications satellite roars to orbit on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Photo Credit: Ashly Cullumber / SpaceFlight Insider
LOMPOC, Calif. — SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the SAOCOM-1 satellite on Sunday, October 7, 2018 at 7:21 p.m. PDT. The SAOCOM-1 mission marked the first time that the company had completed a successful landing of a Falcon 9’s…
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Fresh from successful Falcon Heavy launch, SpaceX prepares to fly Spain's PAZ satellite
Fresh from successful Falcon Heavy launch, SpaceX prepares to fly Spain’s PAZ satellite
Spain’s PAZ radar-imaging satellite being prepared for shipment to Vandenberg Air Force Base. Photo Credit: Airbus
Less than two weeks after the successful first launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket, SpaceX looks to continue its string of successful flights with the delivery of Spain’s PAZ radar imaging satellite to a Sun-synchronous orbit. The satellite, the first of its kind for the European…
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Fresh from successful Falcon Heavy launch, SpaceX prepares to fly Spain's PAZ satellite
Fresh from successful Falcon Heavy launch, SpaceX prepares to fly Spain’s PAZ satellite
Spain’s PAZ radar-imaging satellite being prepared for shipment to Vandenberg Air Force Base. Photo Credit: Airbus
Less than two weeks after the successful first launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket, SpaceX looks to continue its string of successful flights with the delivery of Spain’s PAZ radar imaging satellite to a Sun-synchronous orbit. The satellite, the first of its kind for the European…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 set to fly Iridium-3 mission
SpaceX Falcon 9 set to fly Iridium-3 mission
SpaceX is set to launch 10 more Iridium NEXT satellites on the Iridium-3 mission. Image Credit: Iridium Communications
Working to continue its breakneck launch pace, SpaceX is set to launch two Falcon 9 rockets in two days. First up is the Iridium-3 mission, which will launch Oct. 9, 2017, from the company’s West Coast launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (more…)
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Falcon 9 launches all-Taiwanese Formosat-5 into orbit
Falcon 9 launches all-Taiwanese Formosat-5 into orbit
Team Vandenberg launched the FORMOSAT-5 satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 here Thursday, Aug. 24, at 11:51 a.m. PDT. Photo & Caption Credit: Michael Peterson / U.S. Air Force
Lifting off on its 40th flight, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket soared skyward to send into space Taiwan’s first domestically designed and built satellite: Formosat-5. The launch took place at 11:51…
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