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VideoUp and down with a Falcon 9 booster
SpaceX has released video from an Aug. 30 launch captured by a camera mounted aboard the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket, showing the booster’s climb into space from Cape Canaveral and a fiery return to the Florida spaceport, where SpaceX will ready the vehicle for another mission.
SpaceX plans Falcon 9 launch Thursday from Kennedy Space Center
Forecasters predict a 60 percent chance of favorable weather for launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Thursday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to carry more Starlink broadband satellites into orbit.
SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, beta testing well underway
Sixty more satellites launched Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center to join SpaceX's Starlink fleet, adding coverage to the broadband network as it is already "well into the first phase of testing."
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites
SpaceX completed another another launch to add to the company's Starlink broadband network Thursday. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 8:46 a.m. EDT (1246 GMT) Thursday from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX launches first polar orbit mission from Florida in decades
Vaulting away from Cape Canaveral on an unusual southerly trajectory, a Falcon 9 rocket dodged stormy weather and successfully placed an Argentine radar observation satellite into an orbit over Earth's poles Sunday on SpaceX's 100th launch.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches radar satellite for Argentina
SpaceX launched Argentina's SAOCOM 1B radar observation satellite from Cape Canaveral at 7:18 p.m. EDT (2318 GMT) Sunday. A Falcon 9 rocket headed toward the south on a trajectory hugging the Florida East Coast on the first flight into polar orbit from Cape Canaveral since 1969, and the first stage booster returned to the spaceport for an onshore landing minutes after liftoff.
SpaceX poised for back-to-back launches Sunday at Cape Canaveral
SpaceX is readying two Falcon 9 rockets for a pair of flights nine hours apart Sunday from separate pads along Florida’s Space Coast. Weather permitting, the back-to-back departures Sunday would mark shortest span between two orbital-class launches from Cape Canaveral since 1966.
Launch of NRO spy satellite delayed at least a week
The launch from Cape Canaveral of a top secret spy satellite for the U.S. government was aborted at the last moment early Saturday as its United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket ignited three main engines, a dramatic cutoff of the countdown that will delay the mission by at least one week.
Up to three launches planned this weekend from Cape Canaveral
Delays have set up the possibility of up to three rocket launches this weekend from different pads along Florida's Space Coast, including two SpaceX missions on Sunday that could set a company record for the shortest span between two Falcon 9 rocket launches. But in the world of ever-changing launch schedules, numerous factors such as weather and technical issues could thwart launch plans this weekend.
ULA calls off launch of triple-core Delta 4-Heavy rocket, will try again Saturday
United Launch Alliance early Thursday delayed the launch of a triple-core Delta 4-Heavy rocket -- the largest launcher in the company's fleet -- until Saturday to allow engineers more time to resolve an issue with a ground pneumatics control system.