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VideoFalcon 9 chalks up new launch pad turnaround record on Starlink launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Sunday carrying 22 more second-generation Starlink satellites into orbit, breaking a launch pad turnaround record.
VideoSpaceX conducts static test fire of Starship Super Heavy Booster
SpaceX fired up its Starship Super Heavy Booster 9 for a static test of its liquid methane-fueled Raptor rocket engines. The test was advertised to last "just under five seconds" but appeared to be cut short at 2.74 seconds. Four of the 33 Raptor engines were reported to have shut down prematurely.
VideoSpaceX Falcon 9 launches Intelsat’s Galaxy 37 communications satellite
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Galaxy 37 communications satellite for Intelsat in the early hours of Thursday. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred at 1 a.m. EDT (0500 UTC).
VideoSpaceX Falcon Heavy lifts off with heaviest commercial communications satellite ever
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifted off Friday with the world's heaviest commercial communications satellite. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A with the Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 satellite occurred at 11:04 p.m. EDT (0304 UTC Saturday).
VideoSpaceX breaks launchpad turnaround record with midnight Starlink launch
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 more Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit Thursday night after scrapping plans for a launch double-header with a Falcon Heavy rocket. The Falcon 9 lifted off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 UTC).
VideoFalcon Heavy launch of largest commercial communications satellite scrubbed
The launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy with the Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 satellite, the heaviest commercial communications satellite ever, was scrubbed Wednesday with one minute, five seconds left on the countdown clock.
VideoFalcon 9 evades thunderstorms, launches 22 Starlink satellites
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Sunday after thunderstorms postponed the mission the day before. The rocket with 22 second-generation Starlink satellites aboard lifted off at 8:50 p.m. EDT (0050 UTC on July 25).
VideoWeather scrubs Falcon 9 launch of Starlink internet satellites
Stormy weather forced SpaceX to scrub Saturday's launch of the Falcon 9 before the completion of propellant load. The next launch opportunity carrying 22 more second-generation Starlink satellites is Sunday at 7:09 p.m. EDT (2309 UTC).
VideoSpaceX Falcon 9 launches 2nd generation Starlinks from West Coast
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first batch of second-generation Starlink satellites to be lofted from the West Coast. Liftoff is occurred at 9:09 p.m. PDT (12:09 a.m. EDT / 0409 UTC ). The launch was aborted Tuesday in the final seconds of the countdown.
VideoRocket Lab launches seven satellites, recovers Electron booster after splashdown
Rocket Lab launched an Electron rocket, carrying seven small satellites, from its launch site on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand at 9:27 p.m. EDT (0127 UTC). The first stage of the Electron rocket parachuted into the ocean for recovery as part of Rocket Lab's efforts to reuse the rocket.