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  • [ September 10, 2025 ] SpaceX launches Indonesian communications satellite following three days of scrubs Falcon 9
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Video: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A (members only)

March 18, 2020 Stephen Clark
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News Headlines

  • SpaceX launches Indonesian communications satellite following three days of scrubs
    September 10, 2025
  • Launch preview: Space Development Agency, SpaceX to launch next-gen national security satellites
    September 10, 2025
  • Poor weather halts SpaceX launch attempt of Indonesian communications satellite for second day in a row
    September 8, 2025
  • SpaceX passes 2,000 Starlink satellites deployed in 2025 with Saturday launch
    September 6, 2025
  • SpaceX aces 500th Falcon booster landing amid sunrise Starlink mission
    September 4, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Wednesday sunrise Falcon 9 flight
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  • SpaceX’s Tuesday night Starlink features rare debut of a Falcon booster
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  • SpaceX’s Sunday morning Falcon 9 launch sends 1,900th Starlink to orbit in 2025
    August 30, 2025
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  • NASA, NOAA prep spacecraft trio to study the Sun and its impacts
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