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SpaceX to ramp up Vandenberg launch cadence with Starlink missions
After a lull in launches from America's primary West Coast rocket base, SpaceX is set to resume a regular cadence of missions from Vandenberg Air Force Base as soon as July to deploy hundreds of Starlink internet satellites into polar orbits, SpaceX's president and industry officials said.
Musk says methane leak doomed latest Starship test flight
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Monday that a "relatively small" methane leak caused the explosion of the company's latest Starship test rocket last week on an experimental flight over South Texas.
SpaceX’s latest high-altitude Starship test flight ends in another explosion
SpaceX's latest Starship test flight apparently ended with another explosion Tuesday in South Texas, but dense fog obscured clear views of the launch and failed landing. The Federal Aviation Administration said late Tuesday it is working with SpaceX to determine if light debris reported in a nearby town came from the Starship test rocket.
SpaceX’s next Starship test flight delayed to Tuesday
SpaceX scrubbed the launch of its next Starship test rocket Friday afternoon, and the the next opportunity for the atmospheric test flight is now expected Tuesday. SpaceX plans to launch and land the rocket at company's South Texas development complex after losing three previous prototypes in explosions.
VideoSpaceX launches 25th mission for Starlink internet network
Another 60 Starlink internet satellites rumbled into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket early Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the 25th mission to launch spacecraft for SpaceX’s broadband network.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites
For the fourth time this month, SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Space Coast with another 60 Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred at 4:28 a.m. EDT (0828 GMT) Wednesday. The Falcon 9's booster landed on an offshore drone ship.
Starlink and OneWeb satellites ready for launch on opposite sides of the world
SpaceX and OneWeb -- space industry rivals and owners of two of the largest fleets of commercial satellites -- are set to add more spacecraft to their internet networks Wednesday with launches from Cape Canaveral and Russia.
SpaceX extends its own rocket reuse record on Starlink launch
Using a Falcon 9 booster flying for a record ninth time, SpaceX's swift sequence of launches continued Sunday with a predawn liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center carrying another set of 60 Starlink internet satellites, the company's third mission in 10 days.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches with SpaceX’s next 60 Starlink satellites
SpaceX launched of a Falcon 9 rocket at 6:01 a.m. EDT (1001 GMT) Sunday with the company's next 60 Starlink internet satellites. The Falcon 9's reusable first stage, making its ninth flight to space, successfully landed on a drone ship positioned offshore in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX rocket rolls out to pad 39A for next Starlink mission
For the third time in 10 days, SpaceX is readying a Falcon 9 rocket for launch Sunday from Florida's Space Coast with another 60 Starlink internet satellites. This time, SpaceX aims to extend the record for reusing a Falcon 9 booster to nine flights.