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VideoSpaceX scrubs launch of 54 more Starlink satellites
SpaceX called off a launch attempt Tuesday at Cape Canaveral due to lightning, delaying liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket and 54 more Starlink internet satellites by 24 hours until Wednesday night.
VideoLive coverage: Firefly scrubs launch attempt due to high winds
Firefly Aerospace scrubbed a launch attempt Monday for its second Alpha rocket due to high winds at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The company called off an earlier launch attempt Sunday to examine a drop in helium supply pressure on the second stage. The next try to launch the Alpha rocket will be no earlier than Sept. 19.
VideoSpaceX launches fleet-leading booster on 14th flight
A reusable SpaceX Falcon 9 booster completed its record-breaking 14th flight to space after blastoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Saturday night. The mission was billed as one of SpaceX's complex launches to date, deploying 34 Starlink internet spacecraft and a testbed satellite for AST SpaceMobile's space-based cellular broadband network into two different orbits.
VideoLive coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches from French Guiana
An Ariane 5 rocket launched at 5:45 p.m. EDT (2145 GMT) Wednesday from Kourou, French Guiana, with a powerhouse European broadband satellite owned by Eutelsat and built by Thales Alenia Space. The Eutelsat Konnect VHTS satellite will beam internet connectivity across Europe for fixed broadband consumers and in-flight WiFi.
VideoFalcon 9 launches Starlink satellites, Boeing rideshare payload
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday night with 51 more Starlink internet satellites and a rideshare payload that will use a Spaceflight-built orbital transfer vehicle to climb into a higher orbit to test broadband communications technology for Boeing. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral occurred at 10:09 p.m. EDT Sunday (0209 GMT Monday).
VideoLive coverage: NASA to conduct Artemis 1 repair work at the launch pad
NASA says it will carry out repairs and tests on the Artemis 1 rocket at the launch pad rather than immediately rolling back to the hangar. The agency needs the Space Force to extend the certification of flight termination batteries if it wants to make another launch attempt in September. Otherwise the rocket will have to return to the assembly building and face a lengthy delay.
VideoVideo: Interview with former NASA astronaut Doug Hurley
Former NASA astronaut Doug Hurley visited with Spaceflight Now before the launch of the Artemis 1 lunar test flight. Hurley is a veteran of two space shuttle missions and commanded the first piloted test flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft in 2020. He is now a senior director of business development at Northrop Grumman, supplier of the Space Launch System's solid rocket boosters.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites from California
SpaceX closed out the month of August with another launch of 46 Starlink internet satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket occurred at 10:40:10 p.m. PDT Tuesday (1:40:10 a.m. EDT Wednesday).
VideoLive coverage: NASA targets Saturday for next Artemis 1 launch attempt
The countdown for liftoff of NASA's first Space Launch System moon rocket, the most powerful launcher ever to fly from U.S. soil, was scrubbed Monday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after teams encountered an issue conditioning one of the four main engines. The next opportunity to launch will be Saturday, Sept. 3. The 32-story-tall rocket will boost a human-rated Orion crew capsule on an unpiloted journey around the moon and back to Earth.
VideoSpaceX launch sets record for Falcon 9 payload mass
SpaceX hauled another 54 Starlink internet satellites into orbit Saturday night from Cape Canaveral, setting a record for the heaviest payload ever launched by a Falcon 9 rocket. The launch occurred days after SpaceX and T-Mobile unveiled plans to use a new generation of Starlink spacecraft to provide ubiquitous connectivity to existing cell phones.