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Falcon 9

Spaceflight preps for first launch of unique orbiting satellite deployers

August 23, 2018 Stephen Clark

Engineers working for Spaceflight, a Seattle-based launch services company, are in the final steps of preparing for the first launch of new robotic free flyers carrying more than 70 small government and commercial satellites into polar orbit later this year aboard a dedicated flight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

News Headlines

  • Live coverage: SpaceX to launch its Falcon 9 rocket on midday Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral
    January 8, 2026
  • NASA weighs an earlier end to the Crew-11 mission after a ‘medical situation’ with an ISS crew member postpones first spacewalk of 2026
    January 7, 2026
  • Dept. of the Air Force opens bidding for Space Launch Complex 14 at Vandenberg SFB
    January 6, 2026
  • SpaceX launches first Starlink deployment mission since problem strikes satellite
    January 4, 2026
  • SpaceX opens 2026 with launch of Cosmo-SkyMed Earth observation satellite for Italy
    January 2, 2026
  • Launch pad issue delays again Falcon 9 launch of Italian Earth observation satellite
    December 27, 2025
  • Former ULA president and CEO Tory Bruno joins Blue Origin
    December 26, 2025
  • H3 rocket suffers upper stage anomaly, fails to correctly deploy navigation satellite
    December 22, 2025
  • Tory Bruno steps down as President, CEO of ULA
    December 22, 2025
  • Astronauts, launch teams practice Artemis 2 countdown
    December 21, 2025
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