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SpaceX launches Indonesian satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

February 20, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

The launch of Telkomsat’s Merah Putih 2 satellite came more than five years after the company’s last launch aboard a SpaceX rocket. Liftoff occurred at the opening of a two-hour window at 3:11 p.m. EST (2011 UTC).

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with national security satellites from Cape Canaveral

February 14, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

The mission, dubbed USSF-124, was the eighth National Security Space Launch using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff occurred at the start of a four-hour launch window that opened at 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 UTC) on Wednesday.

SpaceX, Intuitive Machines launches robotic lander to the Moon

February 13, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

Intuitive Machines and SpaceX stood down from the first launch opportunity for the Nova-C lander. The Falcon 9 rocket supporting the mission is set to lift off on Thursday, Feb. 15, at 1:05 a.m. EST.

SpaceX launches billion-dollar environmental research satellite for NASA

February 8, 2024 William Harwood

SpaceX launched an environmental research satellite for NASA early Thursday, a nearly $1 billion spacecraft that survived multiple cancellation threats and is now poised to shed new light on climate change and the complex interplay of heat-trapping carbon, aerosols and sea life on global scales.

SpaceX launches Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base

February 7, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX launched the Starlink 7-13 mission on Friday, Feb. 9, at 4:34 p.m. PST (7:34 p.m. EST, 0034 UTC).

SpaceX successfully launches NASA’s PACE mission on polar orbit flight

February 5, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

The mission is the first of the year for NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at the Kennedy Space Center. The Falcon 9 rocket is lifted off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1:33 a.m. EST (0633 UTC) on Feb. 8.

NASA’s PACE mission aims to vastly increase understanding of the oceans, atmosphere

February 5, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

The spacecraft named PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) has a nominal operating life of three years with the amount of fuel to potentially have it last a decade. It’s set to launch onboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, Feb. 6.

Polaris Dawn astronauts discuss training for historic commercial spacewalk

January 31, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

Two of the four crew members will exit a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft using spacesuits currently under development. The launch is set for no earlier than early 2024.

Second Falcon 9 of the night carries Starlink satellites from West Coast

January 29, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

The Falcon 9 launch was the second in a back-to-back series for the company Sunday evening. Liftoff occurred at 9:57 p.m. PST (12:57 a.m. EST, 0557 UTC).

SpaceX launches first of planned back-to-back Falcon 9 Starlink missions

January 28, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

A Falcon 9 rocket launched from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 8:10 p.m. EST (0110 UTC). A second Falcon 9 is due to soar skyward from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California later tonight.