Varda Space Industries has announced the successful launch of the company’s second orbital processing spacecraft and re-entry capsule, W-2, which lifted off aboard the Transporter-12 rideshare mission with SpaceX from […]
Launch Management
SpaceX launches Starlink Group 6-76 of 24 smallsats, but before the booster recovery “satellite link disconnected”
On Tuesday, November 26 at 11:41 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink satellites, to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After […]
SpaceX ramps up for Integrated Flight Test 6 Tuesday
The sixth flight test of Starship is targeted to launch Tuesday, November 19. The 30-minute launch window will open at 4:00 p.m. CT. and be conducted at the SpaceX Starbase, […]
Impulse Space secures three SpaceX Falcon 9 missions
The launches are currently planned to begin in 2026 and will support the deployment of the Helios vehicle, among other payloads Impulse Space has signed a contract with SpaceX for […]
SpaceX ‘one down of 13 Direct to Cell and three launches to go’ to round out the constellation including Starlink Group 9-11 smallsats on Wednesday
SpaceX will launch 20 Starlink smallsats to include 13 Direct to Cell from Vandenberg on Wednesday, November 13 at 8:21 PM – 12:21 AM PST (11:21 p.m. EST, 0421 UTC). […]
SpaceX finally launches Starlink Group 9-10 of 20 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell — now four launches from DTC goal
On Friday, November 8 at 10:14 p.m. PT, after a two-day delay, Falcon 9 launched 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space […]
SpaceX’s Wednesday Starlink Group 9-10 smallsats launch from Vandenberg including 13 Direct to Cell is ‘No Go’ again
SpaceX will launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low Earth orbit internet satellite constellation. The launch includes a mix of 13 Direct to […]
SpaceX plans Starship’s Sixth Flight Test as early as Monday, November 18
The sixth flight test of Starship is targeted to launch as early as Monday, November 18 following the not-too-distant Fifth Flight test conducted on September 10 A live webcast of […]
SpaceX orders “Hold, hold, hold” at two minutes left and scrubs Starlink Group 6-77 due to helium leak
All ready to launch SpaceX’s Starlink Group 6-77 of 23 smallsats on Sunday, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, when the call came to scrub with […]
SpaceX’s first Wednesday launch of Starlink Group 9-9 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell from California, second launch The Cape
A super foggy California Pacific Ocean morning at Vandenberg as Space X has another launch. On Wednesday, October 30 at 5:07 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 20 Starlink satellites, including […]