Space News reports, “Blue Origin disclosed new details about its plans to not only rebuild but also expand its Florida launch site for a larger version of New Glenn.”
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ULA Launches 29 Amazon LEO Satellites on Atlas V from Cape Canaveral
Spaceflight Now reports, “United Launch Alliance completed its second Atlas 5 rocket launch of the month, marking the company’s fastest turnaround at Space Launch Complex 41 to date. It beats the previous record by nearly three days.”
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ULA Atlas V launches from Cape Canaveral.
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SpaceX Secures SDA-4 Launch Task Order from U.S. Space Force
Defense Daily reports, “SpaceX has received a more than $178 million task order from U.S. Space Force’s Systems Command (SSC) for two National Security Space Launch Phase 3, Lane 1 launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., and Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., for the Space Development Agency-4 (SDA-4) mission in fiscal 2027. The latter includes ‘dozens of missile tracking satellites’ by Sierra Space, SSC said on Tuesday.”
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SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Satellites on Falcon 9 Rocket from Cape Canaveral
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 rocket soaring from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during a pre-dawn liftoff on Wednesday with a batch of Starlink internet satellites onboard. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 5:52:20 a.m. EST (1052:20 UTC). The rocket flew on a north-easterly trajectory upon leaving the launch pad.”
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SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Satellites (Launch occurs at the 1:00:10 mark)
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SpaceX Conducts Bicoastal Falcon 9 Launches, Deploys 54 Starlink Satellites
SPACE reports, “SpaceX marched into the new month with a pair of Starlink launches from opposite coasts.” The first Falcon 9 launch took place from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 5:10 a.m. EST, resulting in the successful deployment of 25 Starlink satellites (Group 17-23). “Nearly 12 hours later, at 9:56 p.m. EST (0256 GMT March 2), another Falcon 9 carrying 29 Starlink satellites (Group 10-41) launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.”
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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket. (Launch occurs at the 1:00:16 mark)
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SpaceX Pushes Reusability Record With 33rd Falcon 9 Flight
The Starlink 6-104 mission added another 28 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. As Spaceflight Now reports, “Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 10:47 p.m. EST (0347 UTC). The Falcon 9 rocket flew on a south-easterly trajectory upon leaving the pad.”
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (Launch occurs at the 0:10 second mark)
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SpaceX Marks Second Bahamas Landing After Starlink Mission
SPACE reports, “SpaceX landed a rocket in The Bahamas for the second time ever on Thursday, Feb. 19. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 29 of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellites launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 8:41 p.m. EST (0141 GMT on Feb. 20).”
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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites, lands off coast of Bahamas. (Launch occurs at the 0:11 second mark)
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ISS Back to Full Strength with Arrival of New Crew
AP News reports, “The International Space Station returned to full strength with Saturday’s arrival of four new astronauts to replace colleagues who bailed early because of health concerns. SpaceX delivered the U.S., French and Russian astronauts a day after launching them from Cape Canaveral.”
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Air Force Authorizes SpaceX to Develop SLC-37 in Florida as Starship Launch Site
SPACE reports, “SpaceX just took a big step toward launching its Starship megarocket from Florida. The U.S. Air Force has given SpaceX permission to develop Space Launch Complex-37 (SLC-37) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as a launch site for Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built. All 11 of the giant vehicle’s test flights to date have flown from Starbase, SpaceX’s facility in South Texas.”
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ULA Atlas 5 Rocket Launches ViaSat-3
Spaceflight Now reports the mission was the second of three planned spacecraft that Viasat plans to operate in geostationary orbit. United Launch Alliance launched from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station “at 10:04 p.m. EST (0304 UTC), the opening of a 44-minute-long window. The rocket headed due east upon leaving Florida’s Space Coast.”
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ULA Atlas 5 launches ViaSat-3 F2 communications satellite. (Launch occurs at the 59:66 mark)
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