Mission Reports – Page 467

September 8, 2026

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[ September 5, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 80th Starlink mission of 2026 Falcon 9
[ September 1, 2026 ] SpaceX launches Starlink mission from West Coast Falcon 9
[ August 29, 2026 ] Roman Space Telescope, NASA’s next ‘great observatory,’ launched Falcon Heavy
[ August 25, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Falcon 9
[ August 24, 2026 ] SpaceX launches Starlink mission on a Falcon booster’s record-breaking 37th flight Falcon 9

Mission events timeline for Falcon 9’s launch for ABS and Eutelsat

June 14, 2016 Stephen Clark

Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent into space from Cape Canaveral with the ABS 2A and Eutelsat 117 West B communications satellites.

Cygnus leaves space station and conducts NASA fire experiment in microgravity

June 14, 2016 Justin Ray

Bidding farewell to the International Space Station today, the commercial Cygnus cargo ship separated to a safe distance before igniting an intentional fire in microgravity like never before, all in the name of science.

SpaceX conducts static fire test for Wednesday’s Falcon 9 flight

June 13, 2016 Stephen Clark

Technicians planned to attach two Boeing-built communications satellites to a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday, a day after launch controllers fueled the rocket and fired its nine Merlin first stage engines in a key preflight test.

China’s Beidou navigation network grows with successful launch

June 13, 2016 Stephen Clark

A Chinese Long March 3C rocket boosted a fresh satellite into orbit Sunday to join the country’s Beidou navigation system, deploying the craft into an elliptical orbit ranging more than 22,000 miles above Earth.

Recap story: Triple-barrel Delta 4-Heavy launches national security satellite

June 11, 2016 Justin Ray

Two million pounds of firepower successfully launched a behemoth Delta 4-Heavy rocket and a top-secret eavesdropping surveillance satellite into space Saturday, embarking on a taxing climb directly into geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles above the Earth to deploy one of the pinnacles of U.S. intelligence-gathering.

Upgraded Proton booster adds satellite to Intelsat’s fleet

June 9, 2016 Stephen Clark

Debuting lighter structural components to carry heavier satellites into orbit, a Russian Proton rocket fired into space from Kazakhstan on Thursday and successfully placed a U.S.-built television broadcast craft into orbit for Intelsat and DirecTV.

Video: Weather forces postponement of Delta 4-Heavy rocket launch

June 9, 2016 Justin Ray

Giving every opportunity for the storm clouds to blow clear after a four-hour hold, the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket counts down Thursday afternoon at Cape Canaveral until the clocks had to be halted for the day.

Photos: Proton rocket climbs into space from Kazakhstan

June 9, 2016 Stephen Clark

A Russian Proton rocket lifted off Thursday with a U.S.-built communications satellite to broadcast television over Latin America, firing into orbit from the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Live coverage: Proton rocket blasts off on lengthy 15-hour mission

June 7, 2016 Stephen Clark

An International Launch Services Proton rocket lifted off with a communications satellite for Intelsat and DirecTV at 0710 GMT (3:10 a.m. EDT) Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan after a one-day delay to resolve an issue with an electrical connector on the booster.

Launch of next space station crew moved to July

June 7, 2016 Stephen Clark

Russian managers have delayed the launch of a Russian-U.S.-Japanese crew to the International Space Station two weeks until early July to allow time for additional software testing on an upgraded version of the Soyuz spacecraft.