Tag: Seven Dragon Missions

CNET News reports that on Monday, SpaceX delayed the launch of 60 Starlink satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket. The launch is now set for Tuesday at 7:53 p.m. EST from Kennedy Space Center. For the launch, SpaceX will attempt a “booster landing on a droneship, as well as the attempted recovery of both halves of the fairing.” This “particular set of Starlink devices has been delayed from launching at least 10 times due to different technical and weather-related issues.”
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Business Insider reports that SpaceX plans to launch seven Dragon missions – including six Crew Dragon missions and one Cargo Dragon mission – to space over the next 14 months. Due to mission overlap, SpaceX Crew Mission Management Director Benji Reed said at a press conference that “every time there’s a Dragon launch, there’ll be two Dragons in space.” The mission overlap begins with Crew-1, scheduled to launch on October 31 and return in April 2021, a month after the planned launch of Crew-2.
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SPACE reports that SpaceX postponed the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket Thursday, which was scheduled to launch 60 Starlink satellites into orbit at 12:14 p.m. The launch was scrubbed approximately 15 minutes before scheduled liftoff “due to mission assurance concerns.” SpaceX tweeted, “Standing down from today’s launch of Starlink to allow additional time for mission assurance work: will announce next launch opportunity once confirmed on the Range.”
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