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VideoSpaceX launches sixth mission in 17 days
Continuing a record-breaking launch cadence, SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 rocket aloft Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with 53 more satellites for the company's Starlink internet network, the sixth Falcon 9 launch in 17 days and 33rd overall this year.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Florida on another Starlink mission
SpaceX sent another cluster of 53 Starlink internet satellites into orbit Sunday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, the company's 33rd mission of the year and sixth launch of July. Liftoff from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida occurred at 9:38 a.m. EDT (1338 GMT). The Falcon 9 booster landed on SpaceX's drone ship parked downrange in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Cape Canaveral.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches 46 Starlink satellites from California
SpaceX's 32nd launch of 2022 broke the company's record for most Falcon 9 rocket flights in a calendar year, and cut in half the shortest turnaround time between two Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket with 46 more Starlink internet satellites occurred Friday at 10:39 a.m. PDT (1:39 p.m. EDT; 1739 GMT). A launch attempt Thursday was scrubbed with less than a minute remaining in the countdown.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX’s latest Starlink launch successful
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:20 a.m. EDT (1420 GMT) Sunday with 53 more Starlink internet satellites. The mission marks SpaceX's fourth launch in 10 days, and SpaceX's 31st launch of 2022, tying the record number of Falcon 9 missions in a calendar year.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches space station cargo mission
SpaceX's 25th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station is set for liftoff at 8:44 p.m. EDT Thursday (0044 GMT Friday) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Dragon capsule toward the station with nearly three tons of cargo.
VideoLive coverage: Upgraded Vega rocket launches on inaugural flight
Europe's first Vega-C rocket launched at 9:13 a.m. EDT (1313 GMT) Wednesday from the Guiana Space Center in South America. The rocket debuted upgraded solid-fueled motors and a larger payload compartment to haul bigger satellites to space. The maiden Vega-C flight carried seven small spacecraft into orbit.
VideoLive coverage: Rocket Lab launches NRO mission
Rocket Lab's Electron launcher lifted off from New Zealand Wednesday with classified cargo for the National Reconnaissance Office, the first of two dedicated Rocket Lab flights for the NRO this month. Liftoff occurred at 2:30 a.m. EDT (0630 GMT).
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches 46 more Starlink internet satellites
SpaceX's team at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California launched a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday with 46 more Starlink internet spacecraft, a mission to start filling a new layer in the satellite fleet. Liftoff from the foggy West Coast spaceport occurred at 6:39 p.m. PDT (9:39 p.m. EDT; 0139 GMT), and the booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.
VideoRussian Soyuz rocket hauls Glonass navigation satellite to space
A fresh satellite joined Russia's Glonass navigation network with the launch of a Soyuz rocket Thursday from a military spaceport about 500 miles north of Moscow.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches 53 more Starlink internet satellites
SpaceX launched 53 more Starlink internet satellites at 9:11 a.m. EDT (1311 GMT) Thursday from Cape Canaveral. The Falcon 9 rocket's reusable first stage landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean to complete its 13th flight to space.