Content for SpaceX

BANGABANDHU Satellite-1 Mission

“On Friday, May 11th at 4:14 p.m. EDT, SpaceX successfully launched Bangabandhu Satellite-1 from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage successfully landed …

SpaceX successfully launches Iridium-5 Falcon 9 mission

“SpaceX has successfully launched its Iridium -5 mission, which carries 10 satellites to add to Iridium’s NEXT global communications constellation. This is the fifth set of 10, out of a total of 75 that SpaceX is launching for client …

U.S. regulator approves SpaceX plan for broadband satellite services

” The top U.S. telecommunications regulator on Thursday gave formal approval to a plan by Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build a global broadband network using satellites. “This is the first approval of a U.S.-licensed satellite constellation to …

A SpaceX rocket blows a hole in the atmosphere

“Launch-related rupture has the potential to disrupt navigation signals. ws a hole in the atmosphere Launch-related rupture has the potential to disrupt navigation signals. A rocket launched in 2017 punched an enormous hole in Earth’s upper atmosphere that might …

SpaceX successfully launches 50th Falcon 9 mission

“SpaceX has launched its 50th Falcon 9 rocket mission, and on board is its largest ever geostationary satellite payload, a Hispasat unit that’s around the size of a city bus. The launch took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida …

SpaceX launches pair of its demo internet satellites with Spanish radar satellite

” SpaceX on Feb. 22 launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Spanish-owned radar-imaging satellite and two demonstration satellites for SpaceX’s proposed broadband Starlink broadband constellation. The 9:17 a.m. Eastern launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California …

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket: By the Numbers

“On Tuesday, the world may witness a rocket launch more powerful than any that’s been seen in nearly half a century. Space Exploration Technologies, a private spaceflight company better known as SpaceX, is sending its new Falcon Heavy rocket …

SpaceX successfully launches GovSat-1 on a flight proven Falcon 9

“SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket loaded with a geocommunications satellite commissioned by the Government of Luxembourg. The satellite, created by Orbital STK and to be operated by SES, will support humanitarian and military operations for Luxembourg, among other …

SpaceX apparently lost the classified Zuma payload from latest launch

“SpaceX’s latest rocket may have launched successfully – but the mission didn’t end as a win. The Zuma payload it was carrying, a mysterious classified piece of cargo for the U.S. government believed to be a spy satellite …

SpaceX Launches (and Lands) Used Rocket on Historic NASA Cargo Mission

“SpaceX launched and landed a used rocket today (Dec. 15), pulling off yet another spaceflight double play during a delivery mission for NASA that gets the company a big step closer to its goal of complete reusability. SpaceX’s two-stage …