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Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket launch scrubbed

August 5, 2023 Spaceflight Now

Rocket Lab has called off Sunday’s attempt to launch its 40th Electron rocket due to “out-of-family sensor data”. No new launch date has been set. The rocket is carrying Acadia 1, the first of four new radar-imaging satellites for Earth observation company, Capella Space.

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Intelsat’s Galaxy 37 communications satellite

August 3, 2023 Spaceflight Now

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Galaxy 37 communications satellite for Intelsat in the early hours of Thursday. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred at 1 a.m. EDT (0500 UTC).

Falcon Heavy launches heaviest commercial communications satellite yet

July 29, 2023 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX launched the world’s heaviest commercial communications satellite atop a Falcon Heavy rocket on Friday. The triple-core rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s pad 39A with the Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 satellite at 11:04 p.m. EDT (0304 UTC Saturday).

SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifts off with heaviest commercial communications satellite ever

July 28, 2023 Spaceflight Now

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifted off Friday with the world’s heaviest commercial communications satellite. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center’s pad 39A with the Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 satellite occurred at 11:04 p.m. EDT (0304 UTC Saturday).

SpaceX breaks launchpad turnaround record with midnight Starlink launch

July 28, 2023 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 more Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit Thursday night after scrapping plans for a launch double-header with a Falcon Heavy rocket. The Falcon 9 lifted off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 UTC).

Falcon Heavy launch of largest commercial communications satellite scrubbed

July 26, 2023 Spaceflight Now

The launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy with the Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 satellite, the heaviest commercial communications satellite ever, was scrubbed Wednesday with one minute, five seconds left on the countdown clock.

Falcon 9 evades thunderstorms, launches 22 Starlink satellites

July 23, 2023 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Sunday after thunderstorms postponed the mission the day before. The rocket with 22 second-generation Starlink satellites aboard lifted off at 8:50 p.m. EDT (0050 UTC on July 25).

Weather scrubs Falcon 9 launch of Starlink internet satellites

July 22, 2023 Spaceflight Now

Stormy weather forced SpaceX to scrub Saturday’s launch of the Falcon 9 before the completion of propellant load. The next launch opportunity carrying 22 more second-generation Starlink satellites is Sunday at 7:09 p.m. EDT (2309 UTC).

Falcon 9 punches through fog on first West Coast launch of Starlink second-generation satellites

July 20, 2023 Spaceflight Now

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is lifted off Wednesday night/Thursday morning carrying the first batch of second-generation Starlink satellites to be lofted from the West Coast. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 9:09 p.m. PDT (1209 a.m. EDT / 0409 UTC July 19).

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 2nd generation Starlinks from West Coast

July 18, 2023 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first batch of second-generation Starlink satellites to be lofted from the West Coast. Liftoff is occurred at 9:09 p.m. PDT (12:09 a.m. EDT / 0409 UTC ). The launch was aborted Tuesday in the final seconds of the countdown.