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SpaceX fires up Crew Dragon thrusters in key test after April explosion
SpaceX test-fired the Crew Dragon spacecraft's eight SuperDraco abort engines Wednesday at Cape Canaveral, paving the way for a high-altitude rocket escape test and demonstrating engineers have apparently fixed the problem that triggered an explosion during a similar ground firing in April.
Video: Crew Dragon tests abort thrusters at Cape Canaveral
SpaceX conducted a static fire test of the SuperDraco abort thrusters on the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft Wednesday afternoon at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Photos: Falcon 9 launches with 60 Starlink satellites
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the heaviest payload ever launched by SpaceX took off Monday morning from Cape Canaveral with 60 satellites for then company's Starlink broadband network.
Successful launch continues deployment of SpaceX’s Starlink network
Sixty upgraded satellites for SpaceX's Starlink broadband network rocketed into orbit Monday from Florida's Space Coast, debuting performance enhancements and notching new firsts in SpaceX's list of rocket reuse accomplishments.
Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites (members only)
SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 broadband satellites into orbit for the company’s Starlink constellation as seen from the Kennedy Space Center Press Site.
Timeline for Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket's ascent to orbit 60 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink broadband network.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX's first launch since August took off from Cape Canaveral at 9:56 a.m. EST (1456 GMT) to carry 60 broadband satellites into orbit for the company's Starlink network. The Starlink satellites rode together on top of a Falcon 9 rocket with a previously-flown first stage and a reused payload fairing.
SpaceX readies upgraded Starlink satellites for launch
New satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network set for launch Monday from Cape Canaveral will debut several performance and safety upgrades, but they do not include changes to reduce the brightness of the satellites, a modification SpaceX says it will introduce on future Starlink craft to mitigate their impacts on ground-based astronomy.
SpaceX to reuse payload fairing for first time on Nov. 11 launch
A SpaceX launch set for Nov. 11 will mark the first Falcon 9 mission to use a payload fairing from a previous flight, the company announced Tuesday, shortly after SpaceX engineers at Cape Canaveral test-fired the mission's first stage booster, also refurbished and reused.
Watch the static fire of the Falcon 9 being readied for Starlink mission
A Falcon 9 rocket fires its nine Merlin first stage engines at Cape Canaveral's launch pad 40 Nov. 5, 2019, as part of a routine pre-launch test. The successful static fire clears the way for the launch of 60 Starlink satellites, currently scheduled for Nov. 11.