March 2022 – Page 4 – Spaceflight Now

SpaceX “broomstick” launches 40th Starlink mission

March 9, 2022 Stephen Clark

Another grouping of 48 Starlink internet satellites soared into orbit Wednesday from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, or what SpaceX’s launch director jokingly called an “American broomstick” in a jab at Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin.

Live coverage: SpaceX launches another Starlink mission

March 9, 2022 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s next batch of 48 Starlink internet satellites rode a Falcon 9 rocket into orbit Wednesday. SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 at 8:45 a.m. EST (1345 GMT) from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Iran’s military successfully launches satellite

March 8, 2022 Stephen Clark

U.S. military tracking radars confirmed claims from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps Tuesday that the Iranian military placed a small satellite into orbit.

Long March rocket deploys six Chinese internet satellites

March 8, 2022 Stephen Clark

Six demonstration satellites for a future Chinese broadband internet mega-constellation launched March 5 on a Long March 2C rocket.

SpaceX to continue Starlink network deployment with another Falcon 9 launch

March 8, 2022 Stephen Clark

The 40th dedicated launch for SpaceX’s Starlink internet network is set to blast off from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday, adding 48 more broadband relay nodes to the ever-growing, privately-owned satellite constellation.

War of words between Russian space chief and retired astronaut

March 7, 2022 William Harwood

Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a U.S.-record 340 days aboard the International Space Station, has taken to Twitter to pass along “real” news to his 5 million followers, many of them in Russia, about the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. In the process, a war of words has broken out between the astronaut and Dmitry Rogozin, director of the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

China launches new variant of Long March 8 rocket

March 7, 2022 Stephen Clark

Two recent launches from China set a new record for the largest number of satellites ever deployed by a Chinese rocket, and added a new radar imaging capability to the country’s remote sensing fleet.

4K Video: A Falcon 9 blows multicolored smoke rings during Starlink launch

March 4, 2022 Spaceflight Now

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 2:25 a.m. EST (1425 GMT) on Thursday, March 3, 2022, carrying 47 Starlink broadband internet satellites into orbit. (4K video)

After another Starlink mission, SpaceX on pace for one launch per week this year

March 3, 2022 Stephen Clark

Another batch of 47 internet satellites launched Thursday on a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, heading into the sky to join SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network on the company’s ninth mission in nine weeks, keeping pace with a goal of around 50 Falcon flights this year.

Live coverage: SpaceX launches 47 more Starlink satellites

March 3, 2022 Stephen Clark

A package of 47 more Starlink internet satellites launched Thursday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX launched the satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 9:25 a.m. EST (1425 GMT).