April 2025 – Page 3 – Spaceflight Now

February 11, 2026

Breaking News

[ February 11, 2026 ] Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Falcon 9
[ February 11, 2026 ] ULA sets sights on ramping up launch cadence in 2026 Atlas 5
[ February 9, 2026 ] Weather delays NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 flight to the International Space Station Falcon 9
[ February 8, 2026 ] SpaceX test fires its Falcon 9 rocket ahead of midweek launch of Crew-12 to the space station Falcon 9
[ February 7, 2026 ] SpaceX launches return to flight Falcon 9 mission following brief stand down Falcon 9

Amazon targets April 9 for launch of 1st production satellites for its Project Kuiper internet mega-constellation

April 3, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The mission will send the first full batch of 27 operational satellites into low Earth orbit. United Launch Alliance will launch its Atlas 5 551 rocket from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on April 9 during a three-hour window that opens at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 UTC).

SpaceX launches Thursday night for Falcon 9 launch with 27 Starlink satellites

April 1, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

This will be the 12th launch of the year from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East happened on Thursday, April 3, at 6:02 p.m. PDT (9:02 p.m. EDT, 0102 UTC).