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SpaceX test fires Falcon 9 booster following last-minute launch scrub

July 15, 2023 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX test fired a Falcon 9 on pad 40 at Cape Canaveral tonight to try to clear the booster for its 16th flight. A launch attempt early Friday was aborted in the final minute of the countdown. SpaceX did not disclose the reason for the scrub.

Scrub called in final minute of SpaceX’s attempt to launch another booster on 16th mission

July 14, 2023 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX scrubbed the launch of a Falcon 9, that was due to make its 16th flight, in the final minute of the countdown. No reason was given for the hold and SpaceX said it was targeting no earlier than Saturday at 11:50 p.m. EDT (0350 UTC) for another launch attempt.

SpaceX pushes the envelope with record-breaking 16th flight for a Falcon 9 booster

July 8, 2023 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX tested the limits of its reusable Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday evening when it launches a booster on a record-breaking 16th flight. The Falcon 9 is lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 11:58 p.m. EDT (0358 UTC Monday) carrying a batch of second-generation Starlink satellites.

West Coast launch puts 48 more Starlink internet satellites in orbit

July 8, 2023 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX lofted another batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit on Friday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. A Falcon 9, with 48 satellites inside its payload fairing, lifted off at 12:29:50 p.m. PDT (3:29:50 p.m. EDT; 1929:50 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 4-East.

Mission Status Center: SpaceX launches 48 Starlink satellites from California

July 7, 2023 Spaceflight Now

Another batch of Starlink internet satellites rode a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket into orbit Friday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff occurred at 12:29:50 p.m. PDT (3:29:50 p.m. EDT; 1929:50 UTC)

SpaceX launches European ‘dark energy telescope’ to help unravel cosmology’s biggest mysteries

July 1, 2023 William Harwood

The European Space Agency launched its $1.5 billion Euclid space telescope Saturday, an ambitious, first-of-a-kind attempt to pin down the nature of dark matter, an unknown material pervading the cosmos, and dark energy, the mysterious repulsive force that is speeding up the expansion of the universe.

SpaceX closes out first half of 2023 with another Starlink launch

June 23, 2023 Stephen Clark

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Friday with another batch of Starlink internet satellites, wrapping up SpaceX’s action-packed first half of the year with the company’s 44th mission of 2023.

Live coverage: SpaceX launches 47 more Starlink satellites from California

June 22, 2023 Stephen Clark

Another batch of 47 Starlink internet satellites rode a SpaceX rocket into orbit early Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, continuing the company’s record flight rate with another Falcon 9 launch and landing. Liftoff occurred at 12:19 a.m. PDT (3:19 a.m. EDT; 0719 UTC).

Indonesian communications satellite launched by SpaceX rocket

June 18, 2023 Stephen Clark

A Father’s Day launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral hauled into orbit a European-built communications satellite, the centerpiece of a nearly $550 million project to provide internet service to rural Indonesia.

SpaceX nails 200th rocket landing after launch with 72 small satellites

June 12, 2023 Stephen Clark

SpaceX launched 72 small payloads into polar orbit from California’s Central Coast Monday, delivering satellites to space for customers around the world while accomplishing the 200th landing of a Falcon rocket since the first booster recovery in 2015.