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June 23, 2026

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[ June 23, 2026 ] Live coverage: SpaceX to launch reentry capsule demo mission called ‘Starfall’ Falcon 9
[ June 22, 2026 ] NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrives in Florida Falcon Heavy
[ June 20, 2026 ] SpaceX to launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Falcon 9
[ June 18, 2026 ] SpaceX launches intelligence-gathering satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office Falcon 9
[ June 17, 2026 ] Arianespace launches its heaviest payload to date with Amazon Leo flight Ariane 6

SpaceX shares video of first double fairing catch

July 21, 2020 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s two fast-maneuvering payload fairing recovery vessels were in the right place at the right time Monday to catch both halves of the nose shroud jettisoned by a Falcon 9 rocket climbing into orbit with South Korea’s Anasis 2 military communications satellite.

Newly-released videos show SpaceX payload fairing coming back to Earth

July 3, 2019 Stephen Clark

New videos released Wednesday by SpaceX show the payload fairing from the company’s Falcon Heavy rocket plunging back into the atmosphere after launch June 25, trailing a wake of haunting blue super-heated plasma before unfurling a parafoil and landing in the net of an offshore recovery ship.