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VideoLive coverage: NASA begins two-day launch countdown for Artemis 1 mission
NASA began the two-day launch countdown for the Artemis 1 lunar test flight at 10:23 a.m. EDT (1423 GMT) Saturday. Liftoff of the Space Launch System moon rocket remains set for Monday during a two-hour window opening at 8:33 a.m. EDT (1233 GMT).
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches 53 more Starlink satellites
SpaceX launched another batch of 53 Starlink internet satellites Friday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 3:21 p.m. EDT (1921 GMT) to loft the Starlink payloads into orbit, and the reusable first stage booster landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
VideoLive coverage: NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket rolls to launch pad
NASA's Space Launch System moon rocket emerged from the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center around 10 p.m. EDT Tuesday (0200 GMT Wednesday) for an overnight ride to launch pad 39B. The rocket arrived at the seaside launch complex about 10 hours later. The Artemis 1 mission is set for launch Aug. 29 on its inaugural test flight carrying NASA's Orion spacecraft around the moon.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from California with 46 Starlink satellites
Another batch of 46 Starlink internet satellites soared into space Friday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California occurred at 2:40 p.m. PDT (5:40 p.m. EDT; 2140 GMT). The Falcon 9's reusable first stage landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX aces another launch of Starlink internet satellites
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket and 52 more Starlink internet satellites Tuesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The commercial mission took off bound for low Earth orbit at 10:14 p.m. EDT (0214 GMT), and the Falcon 9's reusable first stage landed on an offshore drone ship. The launch team bypassed a launch opportunity earlier Tuesday evening due to unfavorable upper level winds.
VideoSpaceX rolls out Falcon 9 rocket as Starship work continues at pad 39A
SpaceX continues to launch Falcon 9 rockets from Launch Complex 39A in Florida as construction work advances on the nearby tower for the company's next-generation Starship rocket. Overnight Tuesday, SpaceX rolled another Falcon 9 to pad 39A for liftoff with the next batch of Starlink internet satellites, just hours after another section of the Starship gantry tower arrived at the pad.
VideoLive coverage: India’s new smallsat launcher lifts off on first flight
India's new rocket, the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, lifted off on its first test flight at 11:48 p.m. EDT Saturday (0348 GMT Sunday). The three-stage, low-cost launcher is designed to carry payloads of up to a half-ton into low Earth orbit.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Korean moon mission
South Korea's first mission to the moon lifted off at 7:08 p.m. EDT (2308 GMT) Thursday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch was the second of the day from Florida's Space Coast, marking the shortest turnaround between launches at Cape Canaveral since 1967.
VideoLive coverage: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral at dawn
United Launch Alliance's fifth mission of the year lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 6:29 a.m. EDT (1029 GMT) Thursday. An Atlas 5 rocket launched on a $1.2 billion mission with a U.S. Space Force missile warning satellite.
VideoLive coverage: Rocket Lab launches with NRO payload
Rocket Lab launched a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office at 1 a.m. EDT (0500 GMT) Thursday, following delays to update software on the payload and to wait for better weather. Rocket Lab's Electron launcher lifted off from New Zealand with a small classified payload for the U.S. government's spy satellite agency.