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VideoWatch a live view of the Falcon 9 on pad 40 (members only)
Spaceflight Now members can watch a live view of the Falcon 9 rocket on pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as it awaits launch with 60 more Starlink satellites.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites
For the fourth time this month, SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Space Coast with another 60 Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred at 4:28 a.m. EDT (0828 GMT) Wednesday. The Falcon 9's booster landed on an offshore drone ship.
VideoPrivately-funded mission takes off to begin space debris cleanup trials
A commercial mission developed by the Japanese company Astroscale rocketed into space on a Russian Soyuz launcher Monday with 37 other payloads, ready to kick off an orbital "dance" with two small spacecraft demonstrating how satellite sweepers might one day drag junk out of orbit.
VideoLive coverage: Rocket Lab launches small satellites from New Zealand
Rocket Lab's second mission of 2021 lifted off at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) Monday from New Zealand carrying six small satellites for customers in Australia and the United States, along with a test platform for a NASA small satellite mission to the moon launching later this year.
VideoLive coverage: Soyuz launches with 38 satellites
A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 2:07 a.m. EDT (0607 GMT) Monday with 38 small and medium-size satellites for customers in 18 countries.
VideoLive coverage: NASA completes eight-minute Space Launch System hot fire test
NASA fired up four hydrogen-fueled main engines on the core stage of the first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket Thursday in on a test stand in Mississippi, a redo of a crucial hot fire test that was cut short in January by technical issues. The engines burned more than eight minutes in an apparently successful test.
VideoWatch a live view of the Falcon 9 rocket on pad 39A (members only)
Spaceflight Now members can watch a live view of pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where SpaceX is preparing a Falcon 9 rocket for launch with the next 60 Starlink internet satellites.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches with SpaceX’s next 60 Starlink satellites
SpaceX launched of a Falcon 9 rocket at 6:01 a.m. EDT (1001 GMT) Sunday with the company's next 60 Starlink internet satellites. The Falcon 9's reusable first stage, making its ninth flight to space, successfully landed on a drone ship positioned offshore in the Atlantic Ocean.
VideoWatch a live view of pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (members only)
Spaceflight Now members can watch a live view of pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, where SpaceX is readying a Falcon 9 rocket for liftoff with another batch of Starlink internet satellites.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket fires into orbit from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the next batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites at 3:13 a.m. EST (0813 GMT) Thursday from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The reusable first stage successfully landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.