March 2024 – Spaceflight Now

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites onboard Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral

March 30, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred at 9:30 p.m. EDT (0130 UTC).

Eutelsat mission marks first of double Falcon 9 launch day for SpaceX

March 30, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX hopes to launch Falcon 9 rockets from its two launch pads in Florida and its one in California on Saturday night. Liftoff of the Eutelsat 36D satellite from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center happened at 5:52 p.m. EDT (2152 UTC), the opening of a nearly four-hour window.

SpaceX pulls off Starlink 7-18 mission on fourth day of launch attempts

March 28, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX stood down from launch attempts on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Poor weather forced the latest two scrubs, according to SpaceX.

High winds, gaseous nitrogen pump failure force scrub of the final launch of Delta 4 Heavy minutes before liftoff

March 28, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

The 16th and last launch of the Delta 4 Heavy configuration also marks the end of Delta line of launch vehicles. NROL-70 with be the 389th Delta launch since 1960 and 45th Delta 4 rocket.

Boeing, NASA target May 1 for first crewed flight of Starliner to the space station

March 26, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

Assuming a May 1 launch, the Starliner spacecraft would dock with the ISS on May 2. The spacecraft will launch on the 100th flight of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket.

SpaceX reaches its 175th Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral with Monday evening Starlink mission

March 25, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

This Falcon 9 flight marks the 20th orbital launch from Florida in 2024. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 7:42p.m. EDT (2342 UTC).

SpaceX reaches 19 flights with a Falcon 9 booster for a third time with Starlink mission

March 23, 2024 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX managed to thread the needle with the weather and launch the first of two planned Starlink missions from Cape Canaveral in 48 hours. A Falcon 9 rocket launched from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday at 11:09 p.m. EDT (0309 UTC on Sunday). It will be followed by another Falcon 9 from nearby pad 40 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday.

Month: March 2024