A new date, Monday, September 9th, from 12:38 AM – 4:09 AM PDT, has been named for the Polaris Dawn mission sending astronauts from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida that […]
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SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn commercial astronauts’ mission launch date moved again
A new date, Saturday, September 7th, from 12:38 AM – 4:09 AM PDT, has been named for the Polaris Dawn mission sending astronauts who will attempt the first spacewalk of […]
SpaceX’s new launch date for Polaris Dawn’s mission that includes risks for astronauts
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission is now looking at Friday as the launch date. The company had originally received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to launch early Wednesday morning, with […]
SpaceX’s Musk, “Great work…” successful bi-coastal Starlink smallsat launches with three point landings one hour apart
SpaceX was informed it could resume flying the Falcon 9 rocket, after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) announcement on August 30. A predawn Florida launch on Saturday, August 31 […]
UPDATE: The SpaceX Mishap Report Falcon 9 returns to flight
SpaceX submitted its mishap report to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding Falcon 9’s launch anomaly on July 11, 2024. SpaceX’s investigation team, with oversight from the FAA, was able […]
SpaceX launches Starlink smallsats on Sunday beginning with Florida then California, and the Mishap Report
On Sunday, July 28 at 1:09 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in […]
SpaceX launches Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell from California and earlier from Florida on Sunday and Mishap Report
On Sunday, July 28 at 2:22 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East […]
SpaceX is ‘back in the saddle again’ on Saturday sending up 23 Starlink smallsats and two planned launches on Sunday including 13 Direct to Cell
Making up for lost time SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully launched on Saturday, July 27 at 1:45 a.m. ET, 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at […]
UPDATE SpaceX reports corrections now made smallsat Starlink launches scheduled for July 27 and 28
Dates and launches are still in flux but it does appear that there will may be two launches in successive days, Saturday and Sunday, for SpaceX the first taking place […]
SpaceX launch of smallsats for the Starlink constellation now planned for July 26
SpaceX plans to launch the Starlink Group 10-4 mission on Friday, July 26, at 12:14 AM EDT (04:14 UTC) from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, […]