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SES signs up for launch with more powerful Falcon 9 engines
A communications payload owned by the Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES will ride the first launch of an upgraded Falcon 9 rocket in mid-2015, SES officials said Friday.
SpaceX leases property for landing pads at Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg
SpaceX plans to set up landing pads on abandoned launch sites at Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg Air Force Base in a step toward the company's vision for eventual recovery and reuse of rocket boosters.
Photos: Falcon 9 soars into space at sunset
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral on its 15th flight just before sunset Wednesday, putting on a spectacular sky show en route to space with a NOAA satellite to measure the solar wind.
Space weather observatory blasts off after 17-year wait
An interplanetary space weather station rocketed away from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, speeding toward a remote operating post a million miles from Earth to help forecasters warn of intense solar storms.
Falcon 9 launch scrubbed by high winds aloft
Unfavorable high-altitude winds above Cape Canaveral on Tuesday kept a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket loaded with a NOAA space weather observatory on the ground another day.
VideoSpaceX plans a busy day Tuesday
Tuesday is shaping up to be a busy day for SpaceX, with liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a space weather satellite, an experimental booster flyback maneuver to test reusable launch technologies, and the splashdown of a Dragon capsule returning from the International Space Station.
VideoFalcon 9 countdown halted by faulty radar tracker
A problem with a U.S. Air Force tracking radar kept a Falcon 9 rocket crowned with a NOAA space weather observatory grounded Sunday, forcing a long-delayed mission to stay on Earth an extra day.
New challenges await SpaceX’s next rocket landing attempt
A rocket recovery team positioned off Florida's East Coast is standing by for liftoff Sunday of a Falcon 9 launcher with a space weather satellite, but the demanding trajectory of the flight adds more unknowns to the company's dicey endeavor to land the booster on a ship at sea.
VideoStoried space weather observatory finally ready for launch
The world's most distant weather outpost is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launching to a point a million miles from Earth to warn forecasters of solar storms that could disrupt global air traffic, satellite navigation and power grids.
Live coverage: Falcon 9 soars into space with DSCOVR
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Wednesday carrying NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory, the world's most distant weather satellite heading for a point a million miles from Earth. Launch from Cape Canaveral occurred at 6:03 p.m. EST (2303 GMT).