Spaceflight Now reports SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday, setting a new reuse record as Falcon 9 booster B1067 completed its 37th flight. The booster successfully landed on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas following launch.
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SpaceX’s Starlink 10-49 mission launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (Launch occurs at the 1:00:13 mark).
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Spaceflight Now reports the Starlink 15-20 mission represented the 99th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4 East happened at 12:25 a.m. PDT (3:25 a.m. EDT /…
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SpaceX’s Starlink 15-20 mission launches from California (Launch occurs at the 29:58 mark).
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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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SPACE reports SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink global internet satellite constellation to orbit from “from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Aug. 12, at 12:46 p.m. EDT (0346 GMT; 9:46 p.m. local time). The mission, Starlink Group 17-49, carried 24 of the broadband spacecraft to low Earth orbit (LEO) to join SpaceX’s growing constellation of more than 10,000 satellites.”
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California
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Spaceflight Now reports during an investor earnings call on Tuesday, Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim said the company now expects to fly a total of three Alpha rockets this year.
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SPACE reports, “Rocket Lab plans to start launching even more frequently and flexibly, thanks to a new portable spaceport system called ‘GHOST,'” which packages everything “within standard shipping containers.”
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SPACE reports the Chinese commercial launch company Landspace is set for its second attempt to catch an orbital rocket. Liftoff, and landing, are targeted for “around 7:45 p.m. EDT on Aug. 10 (23:45 GMT, or 7:45 a.m. Beijing time, Aug. 11).”
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Space News reports, “Blue Origin has traced the explosion of its New Glenn rocket during a static-fire test in May to a valve in the rocket’s BE-4 engine, an issue that could also affect United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur.”
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Reuters reports, “SpaceX is increasingly reserving space on its rockets to launch its own Starlink satellites, crowding out rival space companies that have long depended on Elon Musk’s company to get their payloads into orbit.”
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The Starlink 17-52 mission is SpaceX’s 90th orbital launch of the year so far. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 8:08 p.m….
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