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VideoLive coverage: SpaceX calls off Falcon 9 launch attempt Saturday
SpaceX called off a planned launch attempt Saturday to deploy the next batch of satellites for the Starlink broadband network. Two commercial Earth-observing satellites for BlackSky are also awaiting a ride into orbit on the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX’s next batch of Starlink satellites back on the launch pad
SpaceX raised a Falcon 9 rocket vertical Tuesday on pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, positioning the launch vehicle for a flight Wednesday carrying 57 more Starlink Internet satellites and two commercial Earth-imaging microsatellites for BlackSky.
Argentine team returns to Florida to prep radar satellite for late July launch
A team of 18 Argentine engineers is quarantining in Florida this week after arriving from Buenos Aires, observing coronavirus health restrictions before beginning operations at Cape Canaveral next week to ready Argentina's second radar Earth observation satellite for liftoff as soon as July 25 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket launches from Florida with GPS navigation satellite
The first launch by SpaceX for the U.S. Space Force on June 30 carried the third in a new line of modernized GPS navigation satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral.
Coronavirus work stoppage likely to delay launch of NASA X-ray astronomy mission
A nearly three-month stoppage of on-site work due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus at NASA's Marshall Space Fight Center in Alabama is expected to push back the launch of the IXPE X-ray astronomy satellite from May 2021 until some time later next year, a senior space agency official said.
SpaceX launches its first mission for the U.S. Space Force
A new GPS satellite rocketed into orbit from Cape Canaveral on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher Tuesday on the way to replace one of the more than 30 other spacecraft helping guide everything from military munitions to motorists.
Timeline for Falcon 9’s launch of the GPS 3 SV03 spacecraft
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday carrying the U.S. Air Force's next GPS 3-series navigation satellite destined for an orbit more than 12,000 miles above Earth.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches GPS navigation satellite from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral at 4:10 p.m. EDT (2010 GMT) Tuesday on the company's first mission dedicated to the newly-established U.S. Space Force. The Falcon 9 carried a GPS navigation satellite into orbit.
U.S. military makes adjustments in GPS launch to allow for SpaceX booster landing
SpaceX is preparing for liftoff Tuesday of its first mission for the U.S. Space Force, a launch from Cape Canaveral that will deploy a new GPS navigation satellite using a redesigned profile to allow the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage booster to reserve enough propellant for landing on SpaceX's drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX postpones Starlink launch
SpaceX scrubbed the planned launch from the Kennedy Space Center of a Falcon 9 rocket Friday with the company's next 57 Starlink Internet satellites and a pair of commercial Earth-imaging surveillance satellites. Officials did not immediately confirm a new target launch date.