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DigitalGlobe books two launches with SpaceX for Earth-imaging fleet
Two Falcon 9 rockets with reused first stage boosters will place the initial block of DigitalGlobe's commercial WorldView Legion satellite fleet in orbit in 2021, the Earth-imaging company recently announced.
Ground equipment problem slips next Falcon 9 launch to Friday
Trouble with a piece of ground equipment used for testing of the 10 Iridium communications satellites aboard the next Falcon 9 rocket launch has forced a 24-hour delay in the mission to Friday, officials said Tuesday.
Launch preps advance in California for next Falcon 9 flight
SpaceX's fifth launch of replacement spacecraft for Iridium's global voice and data communications network is set for March 29 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a flight that Iridium hopes will signal the start of a brisk pace of West Coast missions to complete deployment of the telecom company's initial 75-satellite constellation this summer.
U.S. Air Force divides new launch contracts between SpaceX, ULA
SpaceX and United Launch Alliance have split up to $645 million in new contracts to deploy U.S. Air Force navigation and surveillance satellites into orbit from 2019 through 2021.
VideoNASA releases summary of investigation into SpaceX’s 2015 launch failure
NASA's independent review team that investigated the destruction of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon supply ship shortly after liftoff in June 2015 concluded a design error led to the loss of more than two tons of provisions and equipment heading for the International Space Station.
VideoSpaceX’s most recent launch carried a secret military-funded experiment
A previously-undisclosed payload funded by a U.S. military research agency rode into orbit with a Spanish communications satellite on SpaceX's most recent Falcon 9 rocket launch March 6, officials said Friday.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lights up the night with launch for Hispasat
SpaceX's 50th Falcon 9 rocket flight took off from Florida's Space Coast shortly after midnight Tuesday with the Hispasat 30W-6 communications satellite, firing into a moonlit night sky with 1.7 million pounds of thrust.
Hefty Hispasat satellite rides SpaceX rocket into orbit
A Spanish-owned, U.S.-built commercial communications satellite climbed into orbit early Tuesday from Cape Canaveral on the 50th flight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launching on a 15-year mission to relay video, data and broadband signals across the Americas, Europe and North Africa.
Video: Deployment of the Hispasat 30W-6 satellite from the Falcon 9 rocket
The Hispasat 30W-6 satellite, set to begin a 15-year telecommunications mission, deployed from the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket around 33 minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral Tuesday.
Video: SpaceX’s 50th Falcon 9 rocket flight lifts off from Cape Canaveral
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched shortly after midnight Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with Hispasat 30W-6, a communications satellite heading for a position more than 22,000 miles over the equator to serve markets in Europe, North Africa and the Americas.