Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander pictured atop a bespoke payload canister, which encased ispace’s Resilience lunar lander prior to encapsulation inside SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload fairings. Image: SpaceX For the first time in lunar exploration, two robotic landers, from two different nations will launch to the Moon on one rocket. But despite Texas-based Firefly …
Exolaunch technicians integrate a payload for Germany-based research university, Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin). They are one of dozens of customers flying onboard SpaceX’s Transporter-12 smallsat rideshare mission. Image: Exolaunch SpaceX is preparing to launch 131 payloads Tuesday onboard the company’s 12th smallsat rideshare mission to date. The Transporter-12 mission will fly onboard a Falcon …
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 12-4 mission on Jan. 13, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update 2:37 p.m. EST (1937 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of the Starlink satellites. SpaceX kicked off a busy launch week that features flights from …
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SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 booster, B1067, on the Starlink 12-12 mission on Jan. 10, 2025. This was the first time an orbital class rocket launched for a 25th time and went on to land successfully as well. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update 2:37 p.m. (1937 UTC): SpaceX safely landed the first stage booster on …
File: The Falcon 9 at sunrise Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 as final preparations were made for the NROL-167 mission. Image: SpaceX. SpaceX is preparing for its first West Coast Falcon 9 launch of the year, which will feature the latest batch of Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff of the NROL-153 mission from …
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to begin the Starlink 12-11 mission on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Jan. 8, 11:05 a.m. EST (1605 UTC): SpaceX confirms a successful landing of its first stage booster. SpaceX kicked off Wednesday with …
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned launch of the Starlink 6-71 mission. Image: Spaceflight Now SpaceX first Starlink mission of the year is set for the first Monday of 2025 as well. Onboard the Starlink 6-71 mission are 24 …
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A rendering of the Thuraya 4-NGS satellite on orbit. Graphic: Space42 SpaceX is preparing for its first Falcon 9 launch of 2025, which will launch a telecommunications satellite designed to serve regions in Africa, Central Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Liftoff of the Thuraya 4-NGS (Next Generation System) mission from pad 40 at Cape …
File photo: A Falcon 9 booster stands ready for the Starlink 12-2 mission at launch complex 39A. Image: Spaceflight Now. SpaceX is preparing to end its orbital launch year in the same way it began, by launching a batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites including 13 featuring direct to cell phone capabilities. The Starlink 12-6 …
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) ahead of the first launch attempt of the ‘Astranis: From One to Many’ mission. Image: SpaceX Following a rare pad abort on Dec. 21, SpaceX is once again preparing to launch four satellites to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force …
