Mission Reports

Live coverage: Blue Origin to launch its Blue Ring pathfinder on inaugural flight of its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral

Frost is seen coating the upper stage of Blue Origin’s fully fueled New Glenn rocket as the launch team worked to troubleshoot what was described as a subsystem issue that prevented the Jan. 13, 2025, launch attempt. Blue Origin later stated that the Monday morning scrub was “due to ice forming in a purge line …

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Firefly Aerospace and ispace Moon landers on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center

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 …

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SpaceX to launch 131 spacecraft on Transporter-12 Falcon 9 rideshare mission from California

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 …

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SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

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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Live coverage: Blue Origin to launch inaugural New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket stands at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station prior to the rocket’s inaugural flight on the NG-1 mission. Image: Blue Origin Blue Origin is preparing to step into a new chapter of rocketry, by debuting its first orbital class rocket, New Glenn. It will also attempt to …

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SpaceX launches, lands first stage booster for record-setting 25th time during Starlink flight

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 …

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SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center

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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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch first dedicated Starlink mission of 2025

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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SpaceX to attempt first payload deployment, engine reuse during Starship Flight 7

The Starship upper stage on a test firing mount ahead of a static fire demonstration in December 20204. It’s the first Block 2 Starship that will be launched by SpaceX. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is launching into 2025 with what is poised to be a blistering pace of launch for its super heavy lift rocket, Starship. …

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Thuraya 4-NGS telecommunications satellite on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

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 …

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