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VideoVideo: Sights and sounds from Starbase on eve of Starship launch attempt
We captured the sights and sounds of SpaceX's Starbase launch complex in Texas on the eve of the first launch attempt for the fully-stacked Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket on a test flight aiming for near orbital velocity.
VideoVideo: Starship stacked atop Super Heavy booster ahead of first launch attempt
This time-lapse video shows the "chopstick" mechanism lifting the Starship atop the Super Heavy booster Saturday ahead of the inaugural test flight of the fully-stacked rocket from SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas.
VideoFAA clears SpaceX to launch world’s largest rocket
The Federal Aviation Administration approved a commercial license Friday for the first full-scale test flight of SpaceX's nearly 400-foot-tall Super Heavy and Starship mega-rocket from South Texas, a launch SpaceX said could happen as soon as Monday morning.
VideoSpaceX launches another bundle of Starlink internet satellites
SpaceX delivered 56 more Starlink internet satellites into the company's global internet constellation after liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Wednesday, bringing the total number of Starlinks launched to 4,217 spacecraft.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches 56 more Starlink internet satellites
SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket Friday, this time to deliver 56 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred at 11:43 a.m. EDT (1543 UTC). The first stage booster landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
VideoSpaceX completes launch doubleheader with sunset liftoff from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets in a span of a little more than four hours Friday, a record-setting day that began with the launch of 52 Starlink internet satellites from California and ended with the sunset liftoff of two SES television broadcast payloads from Florida.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches 52 Starlink satellites from California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 12:26 p.m. PDT (3:26 p.m. EDT; 1926 GMT) Friday with another batch of 52 Starlink internet satellites. The mission is the first of two SpaceX launches scheduled Friday, with another Falcon 9 poised for liftoff from Florida a little more than four hours later.
VideoSpaceX test-fires 31 engines on Starship’s gigantic Super Heavy booster
In a significant milestone preparing for liftoff of the world's most powerful rocket, SpaceX test-fired 31 of the booster's 33 methane-fueled engines Thursday in South Texas as the company eyes a launch attempt as soon as March.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX launched its fifth Falcon 9 rocket in 22 days on Saturday, beginning a mission to deploy 52 more Starlink internet satellites and two rideshare payloads for Capella Space and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems. Liftoff from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida occurred at 6:56 p.m. EDT (2256 GMT), and SpaceX successfully landed the first stage on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
VideoSpaceX outlines plans for Starship orbital test flight
SpaceX has revealed the flight plan for the first orbital test launch of the company's huge stainless steel Starship rocket, a 90-minute, around-the-world mission that will originate from South Texas and culminate with a controlled re-entry and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.