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Month: January 2022

Falcon 9

SpaceX preps for launch of spy satellite payload from California this week

January 31, 2022 Stephen Clark

The first launch of the year from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, set for Wednesday afternoon, will send a payload into orbit for the U.S. government’s spy satellite agency aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Falcon 9

Cruise ship under rocket’s flight path forces another SpaceX launch scrub

January 30, 2022 Stephen Clark

A cruise ship that ventured under the planned flight path of a Falcon 9 rocket near Cape Canaveral Sunday forced SpaceX to delay launch of an Italian Earth-imaging satellite for a fourth time, setting up the mission for another try just after sunset Monday.

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Falcon 9 rocket test fired before COSMO-SkyMed satellite launch

January 30, 2022 Spaceflight Now

A Falcon 9 rocket is test fired at launch pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned launch of Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed radar surveillance satellite.

Falcon 9

Delays set up SpaceX for two launches in two days from Cape Canaveral

January 28, 2022 Stephen Clark

SpaceX has delayed the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket and an Italian radar satellite for three straight days, and is now aiming to send the mission aloft Sunday evening from Cape Canaveral. The following launch on SpaceX’s schedule, set to carry Starlink internet satellites into orbit, was delayed from Sunday until Monday.

Falcon 9

Live coverage: SpaceX launches Italian radar satellite on fifth try

January 27, 2022 Stephen Clark

After bad weather and an errant cruise ship prevented launch on four previous days, SpaceX fired a Falcon 9 rocket into orbit Monday from Cape Canaveral with an Italian radar remote sensing satellite. Liftoff occurred at 6:11 p.m. EST (2311 GMT), and the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage booster successfully returned to Florida’s Space Coast eight minutes later for landing.

Falcon 9

SpaceX gives converted Falcon Heavy side booster new life

January 27, 2022 Stephen Clark

A converted SpaceX side booster that flew on two Falcon Heavy missions in 2019 will launch again Thursday as the first stage of a single-stick Falcon 9 rocket set to lift off from Cape Canaveral with an Italian radar imaging satellite.

Mission Reports

SpaceX cargo ship returns to Earth with spacesuit and science specimens

January 27, 2022 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX cargo ship splashed down under parachutes in the Gulf of Mexico this week, returning from the International Space Station after a 34-day mission with a spacesuit used for spacewalks, and research specimens for distribution to scientists around the world.

Falcon 9

SpaceX ready to launch Italian radar remote sensing satellite

January 26, 2022 Stephen Clark

SpaceX plans to launch an Italian Earth observation satellite with radar vision Thursday evening from Cape Canaveral on a twilight flight that could dazzle spectators with the ascent and descent of the reusable Falcon 9 booster.

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NASA to name astronauts this year for first Artemis moon mission

January 26, 2022 Stephen Clark

NASA will announce later this year the four astronauts who will slingshot around the far side of the moon on the Artemis lunar program’s first crew mission, currently scheduled for launch in 2024, the head of the agency’s human space exploration division recently said. The crew is expected to include three U.S. fliers and one Canadian astronaut.

Atlas 5

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket flies on ULA’s first mission of 2022

January 25, 2022 Stephen Clark

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket took off Jan. 21 from Cape Canaveral, climbing off of launch pad 41 with thrust from its Russian-made RD-180 main engine and a single Northrop Grumman solid rocket booster to carry two U.S. military satellites into orbit.

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News Headlines

  • New Falcon 9 booster makes its debut on Starlink delivery mission
    May 20, 2025
  • SpaceX scrubs Monday night Falcon 9 launch minutes before liftoff
    May 19, 2025
  • Department of the Air Force issues draft documents for new SpaceX launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base
    May 19, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 1,000th Starlink satellite of the year during Friday morning mission
    May 16, 2025
  • Axiom Mission 4 delayed due to Dragon capsule readiness
    May 14, 2025
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