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, […]
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SpaceX gears up for July 24 launch of smallsats for the Starlink constellation
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starklink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit on Wednesday, July 24, 9:14 PM – 1:44 AM PDT from SLC-40 […]
SpaceX launches NOAA’s “monumental” GOES-U mission claiming “the nation’s most advanced weather observing and environmental monitoring satellite system”
On Tuesday, June 25 at 5:26 p.m. ET, Falcon Heavy launched the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-U mission to a geostationary orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at […]
SpaceX scrubs Junteenth launch of SES ASTRA 1P again
SpaceX is now targeting Thursday, June 20 for a Falcon 9 launch of the SES ASTRA 1P mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape […]
SpaceX scrubs Tuesday’s SES ASTRA 1P launch until Junteenth, Florida weather permitting
SpaceX offers the following statement, “Standing down from today’s launch of the @SES_Satellites ASTRA 1P mission due to unfavorable weather conditions in Florida. Now targeting tomorrow, June 19 for liftoff […]
SpaceX’s bad hat trick of three scrubs in a row as Thursday’s launch was called due to weather again
Originally the SpaceX launch of 22 more of its Starlink broadband satellites that were to orbit from Florida’s Space Coast was set for June 12. That was scrubbed and rolled […]
SpaceX’s Friday Cape Starlink smallsat launch weather permitting
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch a batch of Starlink communications satellites on Friday May 17 from Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral from 4:52 – 9:01 PM PDT. Falcon 9 […]
Spire Global secures multi-million$ deal with financial firm for weather forecasts
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has entered into a multi-million-dollar deal with a financial firm to provide the firm’s High-Resolution Weather Forecast model, which offers a six-day outlook powered by […]
SpaceX weather at the Cape delays Monday’s Starlink smallsats 6-53 mission
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, April 23 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station […]
EarthCARE goes west for launch as ESA’s most complex Earth Explorer mission
The Airbus-built EarthCARE (Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer) spacecraft has left Munich, Germany, and is now on its way aboard an aircraft to its launch site in Vandenberg, California. […]