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November 30, 2025

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Poor weather scrubs SpaceX’s second launch attempt to launch 24 Amazon Project Kuiper satellites from Cape Canaveral

August 6, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The mission, dubbed KF-02, is the fourth flight to date of Project Kuiper satellites. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 8:57 a.m. EDT (1257 UTC) on Sunday, Aug. 10.

Starlink mission marks SpaceX’s 450th flight-proven Falcon booster launched

August 3, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Starlink 10-30 mission will add 28 more satellites to SpaceX’s low Earth orbit megaconstellation. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is set for 3:57 a.m. EDT (0757 UTC) on Monday.

NASA, SpaceX ‘thread the clouds’ to launch Crew-11 to the International Space Station

August 1, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Crew Dragon mission was delayed a day due to cumulus clouds, but had enough clearance to allow for a launch on August 1. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at 11:43 a.m. EDT (1543 UTC).

Launch preview: SpaceX, NASA launches Crew-11 following 1-day weather scrub

July 31, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The four members of the SpaceX Crew-11 flight were previously set to fly on different missions before they ended up as a quartet on the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for no earlier than Friday, Aug. 1, at 11:43 a.m. EDT (1543 UTC).

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

July 29, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Starlink 10-29 mission added another 28 satellites into the low Earth orbit megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred at 11:37 p.m. EDT (0337 UTC).

SpaceX, NASA conduct static fire test of a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of the Crew-11 launch

July 28, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The rescheduled test came a day after a launch day rehearsal with the Crew-11 astronauts and cosmonaut in the loop, referred to as a dry dress rehearsal. The Crew-11 launch is currently scheduled for Thursday, July 31 at 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 UTC).

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites into a polar orbit

July 26, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Starlink 17-2 mission will be SpaceX’s 92nd launch of 2025. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from pad 4 East at 9:31 p.m. PDT (12:31 a.m. EDT / 0431 UTC).

Crew-11 astronauts, cosmonaut arrive in Florida ahead of launch to the space station

July 26, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The quartet is set to liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, July 31. Their Dragon spacecraft, Endeavour, will fly for a record-setting sixth time.

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

July 25, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Starlink 10-26 mission will add another 28 satellites into the constellation of more than 8,000 on orbit. SpaceX executed liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:01 a.m. EDT (0901 UTC).

Amazon says $139.5 million investment in Florida is key to ramping up launch cadence with Project Kuiper

July 24, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The tech giant launched three batches of its satellites on two different rockets in less than three months. It said the next slate of Kuiper satellites is prepared to launch now, but didn’t state when that’s expected to happen.