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July 24, 2026

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[ July 23, 2026 ] Live coverage: SpaceX ready for 2nd attempt to launch Starship Flight 13 following post-abort engine work Artemis
[ July 21, 2026 ] SpaceX launches novel geosynchronous robotic servicing satellite on decade-long mission Falcon 9
[ July 16, 2026 ] Post-ignition anomaly causes abort of SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13 Artemis
[ July 4, 2026 ] Semiconductor manufacturing test bed flies alongside Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 launch Falcon 9
[ July 1, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Falcon 9

Regulatory filings suggest SpaceX plans November launch with mystery payload

October 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

Information found in federal regulatory filings suggests SpaceX plans to conduct a Falcon 9 rocket launch as soon as mid-November with an unidentified payload that has so far escaped public disclosure.

Progress cargo freighter begins two-day trek to space station

October 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

A Russian Progress freighter carrying nearly three tons of fuel, cargo and supplies for the International Space Station took off from Kazakhstan Saturday, two days after an uncommon last-minute abort for its Soyuz booster.

Modified Russian missile boosts Europe’s newest environmental sentinel to space

October 13, 2017 Stephen Clark

A European satellite that will collect daily air quality measurements over every major city on Earth rode an uprated Russian ballistic missile into orbit Friday.

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at twilight

October 13, 2017 Stephen Clark

Launching into a clear autumn sky at sunset, a Falcon 9 rocket took off Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and delivered the SES 11/EchoStar 105 communications satellite to orbit.

Photos: Sentinel 5P environmental satellite prepared for liftoff

October 13, 2017 Stephen Clark

Europe’s Sentinel 5P satellite, fitted with a Dutch-developed spectrometer to measure gases in Earth’s atmosphere, was fueled and mated to its Russian Rockot booster over the last month at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a military complex around 500 miles (800 kilometers) north of Moscow.

Live coverage: European environmental satellite launches from Russia

October 13, 2017 Stephen Clark

A modified Russian missile built for nuclear war blasted off on a peaceful mission Friday, targeting placement of a European Earth observation satellite in orbit to measure atmospheric chemistry and global air quality. Liftoff from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia occurred at 0927 GMT (5:27 a.m. EDT).

Regulatory filings suggest SpaceX plans November launch with mystery payload

Progress cargo freighter begins two-day trek to space station

Modified Russian missile boosts Europe’s newest environmental sentinel to space

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at twilight

Photos: Sentinel 5P environmental satellite prepared for liftoff

Live coverage: European environmental satellite launches from Russia

Preview: Atlas 5 to execute another space-lift mission for U.S. spy satellite agency

Photos: Atlas 5 returns to pad for night owl launch

Asteroid-bound probe returns Earth-moon family portrait

Fact sheet: Atlas 5 rocket to launch the NROL-52 mission