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SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, beta testing well underway
Sixty more satellites launched Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center to join SpaceX's Starlink fleet, adding coverage to the broadband network as it is already "well into the first phase of testing."
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites
SpaceX completed another another launch to add to the company's Starlink broadband network Thursday. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 8:46 a.m. EDT (1246 GMT) Thursday from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX poised for back-to-back launches Sunday at Cape Canaveral
SpaceX is readying two Falcon 9 rockets for a pair of flights nine hours apart Sunday from separate pads along Florida’s Space Coast. Weather permitting, the back-to-back departures Sunday would mark shortest span between two orbital-class launches from Cape Canaveral since 1966.
Launch of NRO spy satellite delayed at least a week
The launch from Cape Canaveral of a top secret spy satellite for the U.S. government was aborted at the last moment early Saturday as its United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket ignited three main engines, a dramatic cutoff of the countdown that will delay the mission by at least one week.
Up to three launches planned this weekend from Cape Canaveral
Delays have set up the possibility of up to three rocket launches this weekend from different pads along Florida's Space Coast, including two SpaceX missions on Sunday that could set a company record for the shortest span between two Falcon 9 rocket launches. But in the world of ever-changing launch schedules, numerous factors such as weather and technical issues could thwart launch plans this weekend.
ULA calls off launch of triple-core Delta 4-Heavy rocket, will try again Saturday
United Launch Alliance early Thursday delayed the launch of a triple-core Delta 4-Heavy rocket -- the largest launcher in the company's fleet -- until Saturday to allow engineers more time to resolve an issue with a ground pneumatics control system.
August set to end with string of launches from Cape Canaveral
Launch teams are readying three rockets for a series of blastoffs this week from Cape Canaveral to loft a classified orbiting spy platform for the U.S. government, a long-delayed Argentine radar imaging payload, and the next set of Starlink broadband satellites.
Images: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, catches rocket’s payload fairing
Imagery from the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday show the launcher vaulting into space from Cape Canaveral with another batch of nearly 60 Starlink satellites, followed by the successful recovery of the rocket's first stage booster and payload shroud offshore.
SpaceX adds more satellites to ever-growing Starlink network
A Falcon 9 rocket loaded with 58 more broadband relay nodes for SpaceX's Starlink Internet network took off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, bringing the total number of Starlink craft launched since May 2019 to 653 satellites.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket
Another set of Starlink Internet satellites launched Tuesday from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Powered by a reusable first stage booster making its sixth flight, the Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10:31 a.m. EDT (1431 GMT). Three SkySat Earth-imaging satellites for Planet accompanied SpaceX's 58 Starlink relay stations into orbit.