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As many as four SpaceX Falcon 9 missions are on the roster for this week’s launch schedule. The four missions will be split evenly between Starlink and two payloads for other customers. At least one of the SpaceX missions is likely to be affected by the severe weather currently being experienced on the east coast […]

Booster 12, which has been in Mega Bay 1 since January 23, is possibly set to roll out to the Orbital Launch Mount (OLM) as early as July 8 or 9. However, depending on Hurricane Beryl, this could be pushed back a few days if Highway 4 is flooded. Along with intermittent closures, SpaceX has […]

Moving into the second half of 2024, the first week of July has already begun with the third launch of the Japanese H3 rocket in the early hours of Monday morning UTC. The week ahead continues with two Starlink missions from SpaceX, pushing the number of Starlink satellites launched to over 6,700. Two more launches […]

Many signs point to a possible catch attempt on the fifth flight of Starship. Elon Musk did post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, that he thought there should be a catch attempt on Flight 5. A new communications license from the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has language that states […]

Falcon Heavy took off from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC) on June 25, carrying the GOES-U satellite. The two-hour launch window opened at 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC), but liftoff occurred ten minutes later as the weather conditions improved to 70% favorable. GOES-U will be placed into a […]

SpaceX’s test site at Starbase, Masseys, is picking up the pace, with Ship 26 conducting a Static Fire test on June 3. This marked Ship 26’s first-ever multi-engine static fire and the inaugural first lighting of the Massey’s test stand. After nearly two hours from the first signs of venting, Ship 26 lit its engines […]

Using Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), the team investigated the contents of ISO-Chal 147’s disk by observing it in the mid-infrared and collecting spectral data. From this data, they constructed an emission spectrum of light that highlighted the elements and compounds present within the disk. Webb found the disk to contain the richest hydrocarbon chemistry to […]

After a week filled with weather delays and an uncommon T-0 abort after Falcon 9 had already ignited its engines, SpaceX looks to get back on its feet with the launch of Astra 1P/SES-24. This mission has already been delayed by one day due to bad weather at Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape […]

Launch day expectations were high, as SpaceX hoped for a soft splashdown of Booster 11 and survival of peak reentry heat for Ship 29. The tank farm’s road closure and chill down went as planned, and the weather was nearly perfect for a launch. Ship 29 and Booster 11 lifted off at 7:50 a.m. Central […]

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets have been maintaining a remarkable launch cadence, showcasing the company’s ability to rapidly prepare and launch vehicles from its facilities. This week alone, SpaceX aimed to conduct four launches from the same pad, Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, within a span of just […]