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VideoSpaceX scrubs Transporter-15 launch, targets Friday for next attempt
The flight will be the largest mission for Exolaunch, which managing the manifesting and deployment of 59 satellites onboard the Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 28, at 10:18 a.m. PST (1:18 p.m. EST / 1818 UTC).
VideoSpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg on brand new Falcon 9 rocket
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, occurred for 12:48 a.m. PST (3:48 a.m. EST / 0848 UTC).
VideoFalcon 9 rocket continues Starlink deployments with launch from Cape Canaveral
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred at 2:53 a.m. EST (0753 UTC).
VideoFalcon 9 Starlink mission marks 100th launch of the year from Florida’s Space Coast
The Starlink 6-78 mission, carrying 29 satellites for SpaceX’s internet service, is targeted to roar away from launch complex 39A at 10:39 p.m. EST (0339 UTC).
VideoSpaceX resumes early evening launches after FAA restrictions lifted
The Starlink 6-94 mission is scheduled to liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, at 7:12 p.m. EST (0012 UTC), carrying 29 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service.
VideoSpaceX Falcon 9 to launch international satellite to keep watch on rising sea levels
The Sentinel-6B satellite will liftoff atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:21:42 p.m. PST (12:21:42 a.m. EST / 0521:42 UTC), almost exactly five years after its twin, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, launched from the same pad.
VideoSpaceX completes second fastest turnaround between Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral
The mission is one of two Starlink flights scheduled to fly from Florida within a four-hour window of opportunity. Liftoff of the Starlink 6-85 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 1:44 a.m. EST (0644 UTC).
VideoSpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
This was the first of planned back-to-back Falcon 9 launches from Florida, less than four hours apart. Liftoff of the Starlink 6-89 mission happened at 10:08 p.m. EST (0308 UTC).
VideoULA launches ViaSat-3 following valve replacement on Atlas 5 rocket
The mission was the second of three planned spacecraft that Viasat plans to operate in geostationary orbit. United Launch Alliance launched from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:04 p.m. EST (0304 UTC).
VideoLaunch preview: Blue Origin to launch NASA’s ESCAPADE following scrubs from clouds, space weather
Blue Origin was able to secure permission from the Federal Aviation Administration for a daytime launch attempt while the emergency order constraining commercial launches remains in place even after the end of the government shutdown. Liftoff is scheduled during an 88-minute-long window that opens at 2:57 p.m. EST (1957 UTC).