It’s launch day for SpaceX’s Starlink 10-2 mission, which experienced a rare T-0 abort more than a week ago. SpaceX is targeting liftoff for 1:15 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40, yet backup opportunities exist until 5:01 p.m. if needed. The mission has been on hold since the T-0 abort on June 14, leading […]
SpaceX has started offering some users a new Starlink kit that’s small enough to fit in a backpack, so users can take it wherever they want to and get access to the company’s satellite internet service. The Starlink Mini will cost users $599 up front, according to the emails SpaceX has sent out. That’s $100 […]
SpaceX crews are preparing to launch a European communications satellite Wednesday from Florida’s Space Coast. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS ▶ WATCH LIVE LAUNCH HERE SpaceX said it is targeting a launch at 5:25 p.m., and there will be an extra two-hour launch window. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to blast off from […]
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites from California on Tuesday night (June 18), ending a 10-day spaceflight drought for the company. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 20 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday at 11:40 p.m. EDT (8:40 p.m. local California […]
SpaceX will wait another day to launch a European TV satellite into orbit. A Falcon 9 rocket is now scheduled to launch Luxembourg-based telecom company SES’ Astra 1P satellite from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Wednesday (June 19) during a nearly three-hour window that opens at 5:25 p.m. EDT (2125 GMT). The liftoff […]
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Conditions were right for Bakersfield residents to catch a glimpse of the latest SpaceX mission. A Falcon 9 rocket took off just after 8:30 p.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base. This mission put 20 Starlink internet service satellites into orbit, the company said. Viewer video sent to 17 News of Tuesday’s […]
June 18 (UPI) — SpaceX on Tuesday launched a Falcon 9 rocket topped with another batch of 20 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. The launch occurred at 8:40 p.m. PDT from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The batch of orbitals included a baker’s dozen with Direct-to-Cell capabilities, which enable constant access to texting, […]
Another SpaceX rocket launch was visible from the Coachella Valley on Tuesday night, with the operation beginning around 8:40 p.m. The takeoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County was the latest of several recent SpaceX launches that have been visible in the Coachella Valley, giving desert residents a chance to see the rockets streaking across […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It’s been 11 days since SpaceX last lit up the Space Coast sky with a rocket launch, the longest run between launches in more than a year. It’s not for a lack of trying, though, but bad weather and a scrub as the countdown clock hit 0 last week led to […]
After rocket trouble scrubbed Friday’s Starlink launch right at launch time, following multiple earlier weather-related scrubs, SpaceX decided to remove that Falcon 9 off the pad to make room for the next launch with a different rocket: an Astra/SES communication satellite. According to an FAA advisory, Astra 1P/SES-24, which will provide satellite TV service for […]
A SpaceX rocket suffered a last-second abort during the attempted launch of 22 Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Friday afternoon (June 14). The SpaceX booster, a workhorse Falcon 9 rocket that has flown 15 times before, aborted its liftoff while igniting its nine first-stage engines at 5:07 p.m. EDT (2107 GMT) atop the Space […]
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Defense picked Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Boeing-Lockheed joint venture United Launch Alliance (ULA) to compete for national security space missions, making initial selections under a $5.6 billion award program. The Pentagon did not say which of the companies’ rockets it selected, but […]