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VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches smallsat rideshare mission into polar orbit
A day after a last-minute scrub caused by an aircraft in restricted airspace, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket at 3:31 p.m. EDT (1931 GMT) Wednesday from Cape Canaveral. The rocket carried 88 small satellites into polar orbit. The vehicle's first stage successfully returned to Cape Canaveral for landing about eight-and-a-half minutes after liftoff.
VideoRussia launches military satellite for naval surveillance
Russia’s military launched the first of a new type of ship-locating radar imaging satellite Friday aboard a Soyuz rocket.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches GPS satellite for U.S. Space Force
SpaceX launched a national security payload for the U.S. military Thursday for the first time using a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket booster. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with a GPS navigation satellite at 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 GMT).
VideoLive coverage: China launches first crew to new space station
Three Chinese astronauts launched at 9:22 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0122 GMT Thursday) aboard the Shenzhou 12 spacecraft. A Long March 2F rocket blasted off from northwest China and successfully carried the astronauts into orbit, setting the stage for their docking at the Tiangong space station about six hours later.
VideoLive coverage: Minotaur 1 rocket launches from Virginia
A Minotaur 1 rocket derived from a decommissioned ballistic missile took off at 9:35 a.m. EDT (1335 GMT) Tuesday from Wallops Island, Virginia, after a weather delay of more than two-and-a-half hours. The four-stage, solid-fueled rocket carried three payloads into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office.
VideoRelativity announces plans for fully reusable Terran R rocket
Relativity Space announced plans Tuesday for a fully reusable two-stage rocket named the Terran R, a 3D-printed vehicle designed to haul more than 20 metric tons of cargo to low Earth orbit from a launch pad at Cape Canaveral.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches satellite for SiriusXM
SpaceX launched a powerful radio broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM early Sunday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 12:26 a.m. EDT (0426 GMT) to haul the roughly 7.5-ton spacecraft into a geostationary transfer orbit.
VideoSpaceX completes static test-firing for weekend launch
SpaceX ignited a Falcon 9 rocket for a 10-second test-firing early Thursday on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, clearing a pre-flight check before a mission set to blast off just after midnight Sunday with the SXM 8 radio broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM.
VideoLive coverage: Dragon cargo ship docks with space station
A SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule wrapped up a two-day trip to the International Space Station Saturday with more than 7,300 pounds of hardware and supplies, including two upgraded solar arrays to augment the lab's power system. The automated supply ship docked with the orbiting outpost at 5:09 a.m. EDT (0909 GMT).
VideoOneWeb surpasses 200 satellites with Soyuz launch
Launching through heavy rainfall, a Soyuz booster vaulted away from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in eastern Russia to place 36 more OneWeb internet satellites into orbit Friday, giving the London-based company a fleet of 218 spacecraft, one-third of its planned constellation.