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  • [ September 10, 2025 ] Live coverage: Space Development Agency, SpaceX to launch next-gen national security satellites Falcon 9
  • [ September 8, 2025 ] Poor weather halts SpaceX launch attempt of Indonesian communications satellite for second day in a row Falcon 9
  • [ September 6, 2025 ] SpaceX passes 2,000 Starlink satellites deployed in 2025 with Saturday launch Falcon 9
  • [ September 4, 2025 ] SpaceX aces 500th Falcon booster landing amid sunrise Starlink mission Falcon 9
  • [ September 2, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Wednesday sunrise Falcon 9 flight Falcon 9

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Atlas 5

Coronavirus delays push back launch of next Landsat to September 2021

September 7, 2020 Stephen Clark

The launch of the next Landsat land imaging mission — a joint project between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey — has been delayed until around September 2021 after the effects of the coronavirus pandemic slowed work on the spacecraft in Arizona, NASA officials said.

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Scientists suggest streaks on Martian hillsides are dry flows

November 26, 2017 Stephen Clark

Intermittent flows that appear on steep slopes on Mars are likely formed by flowing sand, and not water as some scientists previously suspected, according to a new study.

Atlas 5

SpaceX, ULA win NASA contracts to launch Earth observation satellites

October 23, 2017 Stephen Clark

NASA has selected SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to deliver to orbit a joint U.S.-European oceanography mission and the next land imaging satellite in the Landsat series on Falcon 9 and Atlas 5 rockets.

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NASA selects builder for robotic satellite servicing craft

December 9, 2016 Stephen Clark

NASA has a builder to construct a five-ton spacecraft to catch up with the aging Landsat 7 Earth observation satellite and refuel it in 2020, employing robotic tools mastered in years of rehearsals on the International Space Station.

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Multiple satellites planned in long-term Landsat program

April 21, 2015 Stephen Clark

The launch of the next Landsat Earth-viewing satellite in 2023 will be preceded by a smaller spacecraft to map the planet with an infrared camera under a new land imaging roadmap outlined by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey.

News Headlines

  • Live coverage: Space Development Agency, SpaceX to launch next-gen national security satellites
    September 10, 2025
  • Poor weather halts SpaceX launch attempt of Indonesian communications satellite for second day in a row
    September 8, 2025
  • SpaceX passes 2,000 Starlink satellites deployed in 2025 with Saturday launch
    September 6, 2025
  • SpaceX aces 500th Falcon booster landing amid sunrise Starlink mission
    September 4, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Wednesday sunrise Falcon 9 flight
    September 2, 2025
  • SpaceX’s Tuesday night Starlink features rare debut of a Falcon booster
    September 2, 2025
  • SpaceX’s Sunday morning Falcon 9 launch sends 1,900th Starlink to orbit in 2025
    August 30, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites into polar orbit
    August 29, 2025
  • NASA, NOAA prep spacecraft trio to study the Sun and its impacts
    August 29, 2025
  • SpaceX launches record-breaking 30th flight of a Falcon 9 booster
    August 27, 2025
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