The Tuesday SpaceX Starlink smallsat Group 8-6 that was rescheduled for Friday is now moved to Monday, August 26. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch a batch of 22 Starlink smallsat […]
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SpaceX reschedules Starlink Group 8-6 for Friday from the Cape and another from Vandenberg
Tuesday’s SpaceX Starlink smallsat Group 8-6 is now slated to launch a batch of 22 Starlink smallsat satellites on Friday, August 23, from Cape Canaveral at 12:46 AM – 4:46 […]
SpaceX aborts Starlink satellite launch at just 46 seconds and reschedules
The SpaceX launch countdown stopped at the 46-second mark when an official said, “launch abort is running,” after the clock stopped ending the webcast. SpaceX is now targeting Monday, August […]
SpaceX sends off NASA’s Cygnus resupply mission on Sunday to the ISS during a break in Florida’s weather
SpaceX was able to work with a window of opportunity between some challenging Florida weather on Sunday, August 4, long enough to send off NASA’s cargo resupply to the International […]
SpaceX scrubs Saturday Cygnus mission and reschedules supplies to astronauts
SpaceX is now targeting Sunday, August 4 for Falcon 9’s launch of Northrop Grumman’s 21st Cygnus mission (NG-21) to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at […]
Rocket Lab stands down from Synspective’s SAR July 30 launch due to weather
At first Rocket Lab’s hopeful launch date looked questionable as shown here in the X statement, then due to heavy rain at the New Zealand site the stand down was […]
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 […]
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 […]
Forrester’s Digest: Ariane 6 success — and failure
The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched its much-needed Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana on the evening of July 9th. While the launch completed […]
SpaceX changes launch date again now Thursday to launch 20 Starlink small sats including 13 Direct to Cell
Delay again as this launch has been passed down the line for days. The determination for the change of date on Wednesday occurred well before the intended launch at 7:39 […]