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VideoLaunch preview: SpaceX tries for third time to launch Starship Flight 10 from Starbase, Texas
SpaceX will make its latest attempt following scrubs due to ground systems issues and then poor weather. Liftoff from Pad A at Starbase is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CDT (7:30 p.m. EDT / 2330 UTC).
VideoPoor weather delays Starship Flight 10 to Tuesday
SpaceX rescheduled the 10th flight of its Starship rocket to Tuesday after bad weather caused a 24 hour delay. Liftoff is scheduled for no earlier than Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. CDT (7:30 p.m. EDT / 2330 UTC).
VideoSpaceX scrubs crucial 10th test flight of Starship
Watch live as a Super Heavy booster and Starship launch on a crucial test flight for SpaceX's fully reusable rocket, following three consecutive failures of the Starship upper stage in-flight and an explosion on the test stand. Liftoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CDT / 7:30 p.m. EDT / 2330 UTC.
VideoSpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
The mission will include the 1,800th Starlink satellite launched in 2025. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 10:04 a.m. PDT (1:04 p.m. EDT / 1704 UTC).
VideoSpaceX flies 24 Starlink satellites on its 100th Falcon 9 rocket launch of 2025
The Starlink 17-5 mission will add another 24 broadband satellites to the company’s constellation of more than 8,100 currently in orbit. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 4E at 9:26 a.m. PDT (12:26 p.m. EDT / 1626 UTC).
SpaceX schedules 10th test flight for Starship, details recent setbacks
The next launch of SpaceX’s super heavy lift rocket would come nearly three months after the last test flight. Liftoff from Starbase, Texas, is planned during a one-hour window that opens at 6:30 p.m. CDT (7:30 p.m. EDT / 2330 UTC).
VideoSpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
The Starlink 10-20 mission will add another 28 broadband internet satellites to SpaceX’s megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled at 8:29 a.m. EDT (1229 UTC).
VideoSpaceX launches first Falcon 9 rocket from West Coast in two weeks
The Starlink 17-4 mission adds another 24 satellites to the growing megaconstellation in low Earth orbit. Liftoff occurred Wednesday, August 13, at 10:05 p.m. PDT (1:05 a.m. EDT / 0505 UTC).
VideoStarlink mission marks SpaceX’s 450th flight-proven Falcon booster launched
The Starlink 10-30 mission will add 28 more satellites to SpaceX’s low Earth orbit megaconstellation. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is set for 3:57 a.m. EDT (0757 UTC) on Monday.
SpaceX launches West Coast Falcon 9 rocket on Starlink 13-4 mission
Some classified satellites might have hitched a ride with 19 Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX from the company’s West Coast launch site on Thursday.