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Timeline for Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket's ascent to orbit with 60 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink broadband network.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites
SpaceX launched 60 more Starlink Internet satellites Wednesday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff from pad 39A occurred at 3:30 p.m. EDT (1930 GMT), and the Falcon 9's previously-flown first stage successfully landed on SpaceX's offshore drone ship.
SpaceX modifies Starlink network design as another 60 satellites gear up for launch
Another 60 Starlink satellites are ready for launch Wednesday to beam Internet signals to future SpaceX consumers as the company seeks regulatory approval to deploy thousands more spacecraft at lower altitudes than originally planned.
SpaceX test-fires rocket for Starlink launch next week
SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket with a previously-flown first stage booster Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, keeping pace for a launch scheduled next Thursday, April 23, with the next batch of 60 Starlink broadband Internet satellites.
Video: Falcon 9 fires up engines on pad 39A (members only)
Nine Merlin main engines on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignited at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT) Friday, April 17, during a hold-down test-firing on launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Time-lapse: Falcon 9 goes upright at launch pad 39A (members only)
Watch a time-lapse video of the Falcon 9 rocket going upright at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center as SpaceX prepares for the launch of the seventh batch of Starlink broadband Internet satellites.
Live coverage: SpaceX launch moved up to Wednesday
SpaceX has moved up its next launch to Wednesday, one day earlier than previously planned. A Falcon 9 rocket will take off with the next 60 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink broadband Internet network at 3:37 p.m. EDT (1937 GMT) Wednesday from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There's a 90 percent chance of favorable weather for launch Wednesday.
Intuitive Machines announces moon mission’s launch date, landing site
Intuitive Machines, under contract to carry NASA science instruments to the moon on a privately-developed robotic spacecraft, said this week its first commercial lunar mission will target landing in October 2021 near a deep, narrow valley named Vallis Schröteri.
NASA awards robotic lunar landing contract to Masten Space Systems
NASA has awarded Masten Space Systems, a small company based in Mojave, California, a $75.9 million contract to deliver nine science and technology instruments to the moon's south pole in 2022 with its XL-1 robotic lunar lander.
Florida launch range remains open; Falcon 9 mission postponed
Range personnel at Cape Canaveral will employ physical distancing, face covers and other cautionary measures to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus during launch operations, the commander of the U.S. military's 45th Space Wing said. But the next launch from Cape Canaveral has been postponed from Thursday until no earlier than next week, sources said. SpaceX is planning to fire off a Falcon 9 rocket with the next batch of Starlink Internet satellites.