On Tuesday, May 13 at 1:02 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. These […]
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SpaceX launches Starlink Group 15-4 smallsats from California beach
At sunset on a clear California evening the ocean could be clearly seen as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 26 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit at 6:05 PM PDT on Monday, […]
SpaceX is busy with two Friday Starlink launches from both coasts + one on Saturday
SpaceX will finally be launching Starlink Group 15-3 with 26 smallsats into low Earth orbit for the smallsat constellation this Friday, May 9 that was originally planned for May 1. […]
SpaceX’s successful Tuesday Starlink Group 6-92 launch of 28 smallsats
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully launched 28 smallsats of Starlink‘s Group 6-92 on Tuesday, May 6 to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station […]
SpaceX weather delays Starlink launch of Group 15-3 smallsats
It’s no surprise that the potential weather issues on May 3, with 100% cloud cover was the reason that the Starlink Group 15-3 of 29 smallsats launch was scrubbed and […]
SpaceX moves Wednesday’s launch of Starlink Group 6-75 smallsats to Thursday
SpaceX is now targeting Thursday, May 1, for a Falcon 9 launch of 28 Starlink smallsats to to low-Earth orbit for their smallsat constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) […]
Firefly Alpha’s stage separation anomaly sends Lockheed Martin’s satellite into South Pacific near the Antarctic
Firefly Alpha rocket experienced a launch anomaly that left a Lockheed Martin satellite in a significantly “lower than planned orbit”, and the “stage and its payload reentered over the South […]
United Launch Alliance successfully launches Amazon’s first operational satellites
Atlas V precisely delivers the first grouping of operational broadband satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation. Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., (April 28, 2025) – A United Launch Alliance […]
ULA’s Atlas 5 is ready but is the weather at the Cape ready for Amazon’s Project Kuiper launch?
For those who have been ready for a long time for the Amazon Kuiper launch it looks like Monday might be the day, if the weather holds. The Kuiper 1 […]
Firefly Aerospace now plans a Sunday launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission
Firefly Aerospace’s launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 has been scheduled for Sunday, April 27th, at 6:37 AM – 8:17 AM PDT from Vandenberg. This is the sixth flight of the […]