Starlink satellites, Italian space tug launched by SpaceX rocket

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Credit: Brian Sandoval / Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday from California’s Central Coast with 49 Starlink internet satellites and a rideshare space tug for the Italian company D-Orbit, itself carrying tech demo experiments and cremated human remains for customers in the United States, Germany, New Zealand, and Switzerland. The mission...

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Comment on SpaceX Launches 2022’s Tenth Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, As Busy October Beckons by SpaceX Launches 200th Falcon 9, Continues Vandenberg Cadence - AmericaSpace

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SpaceX Launches 200th Falcon 9, Continues Vandenberg Cadence

@SpaceX launched its 200th #Falcon9 mission on Tuesday from Vandenberg, wrapping up an impressive 7-flight January. The post SpaceX Launches 200th Falcon 9, Continues Vandenberg Cadence first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/dqHwnLE via World Space In...

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Live coverage: SpaceX launch from California set for today

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the Starlink 2-6 mission with 49 Starlink internet satellites and a rideshare payload for the Italian company D-Orbit. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX Webcast SpaceX Mission Audio from Spaceflight Now https://ift.tt/FkT2Eom via World Space In...

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“Major Malfunction”: Remembering Challenger’s Last Launch, OTD in 1986

OTD in 1986, one of the most horrifying disasters played out live on television screens around the world. Tonight, America remembers the loss of Challenger, 36 years on. The post “Major Malfunction”: Remembering Challenger’s Last Launch, OTD in 1986 first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/3iQFfcJ via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Logs Second Mission in Two Days, as Busy November Beckons by SpaceX Launches 9x-Flown Falcon 9, First Eight-Mission Month Beckons - Space News

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Comment on SpaceX Launches GPS III-06, Busy January Continues by SpaceX Launches 9x-Flown Falcon 9, First Eight-Mission Month Beckons - Space News

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Comment on SpaceX Launches First 2023 Vandenberg Mission by SpaceX Launches 9x-Flown Falcon 9, First Eight-Mission Month Beckons - Space News

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Comment on “The Slightest Glitch”: Remembering The Fire, OTD in 1967 by Alex Burford

Wally Schirra, after a disappointing training run aboard the Apollo 1 Spacecraft, told Grissom, “I don’t know Gus. there’s no nothing wrong with this ship that I can see, but something about it just doesn’t ring right.” Grissom was uncharacteristically nonchalant and replied, “I’ll keep an eye on it.” It’s a Pity that such a preventable tragedy happened anyway. from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/Iu6Q8XW via World Space In...

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“The Slightest Glitch”: Remembering The Fire, OTD in 1967

OTD in 1967, three lives were lost in the pursuit of reaching the Moon. Tonight, America and the world remembers the sacrifice of Apollo 1. The post “The Slightest Glitch”: Remembering The Fire, OTD in 1967 first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/ryJOLgT via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Launches First 2023 Vandenberg Mission by SpaceX Launches 9x-Flown Falcon 9, First Eight-Mission Month Beckons - AmericaSpace

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SpaceX Launches 9x-Flown Falcon 9, First Eight-Mission Month Beckons

@SpaceX has successfully flown a 9x-used #Falcon9, its 6th mission of a possible record-setting 8 missions in Jan. The post SpaceX Launches 9x-Flown Falcon 9, First Eight-Mission Month Beckons first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/hM4UeAX via World Space In...

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Watch live: SpaceX on track for predawn launch from Cape Canaveral

Watch our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 5-2 mission at 4:22 a.m. EST (0922 GMT) on Jan. 26 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live  Another batch of 56 Starlink satellites will rocket into orbit from Cape Canaveral before dawn Thursday aboard a Falcon 9 launcher, continuing the deployment of SpaceX’s second-generation...

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Rocket Lab primed for busy year after first launch from Virginia

Nine kerosene-fueled Rutherford engines power Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher off the launch pad Tuesday night at Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: Rocket Lab / Trevor Mahlmann Rocket Lab’s first mission from a launch pad in Virginia delivered three small commercial satellites into orbit Tuesday night, starting what the company hopes will be a banner year with at least 15 flights from the new U.S. launch site and a spaceport in New Zealand. The...

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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches First Electron Mission from U.S. Soil

@RocketLab has successfully launched its 1st Electron mission from U.S. soil @NASA_Wallops, carrying 3 sats for @hawkeye360. The post Rocket Lab Successfully Launches First Electron Mission from U.S. Soil first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/391z0CF via World Space In...

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Live coverage: Rocket Lab’s first launch from Virginia set for tonight

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia. The Electron rocket will carry three radio frequency monitoring microsatellites into orbit for HawkEye 360. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Rocket Lab’s live video webcast begins approximately 40 minutes prior to launch, and will be available on this page. from Spaceflight Now https://ift.tt/iEGRQHq via World Space In...

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Another countdown begins for Rocket Lab’s first launch from Virginia

Three small satellites for the U.S. company HawkEye 360 are awaiting liftoff on Rocket Lab’s first mission from U.S. soil. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab is set to fill up its small Electron launcher with propellant fire it into space from Virginia Tuesday evening with three commercial satellites, the company’s second try to launch its first mission from U.S. soil after bad weather thwarted attempts last month. The California-based launch provider...

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SpaceX orbits 51 more Starlink satellites in year’s first launch from Vandenberg

SpaceX launched 51 more Starlink satellites Jan. 19 on the first launch of the year from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s first launch of the year from California, and fourth mission overall in 2023, added 51 more satellites to the Starlink internet constellation Thursday, keeping pace with the company’s goal of 100 Falcon rocket launches this year. A Falcon 9 rocket took off from Space Launch Complex 4-East, or...

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“The Air from the Earth”: Remembering STS-89, OTD in 1998

OTD in 1998, Endeavour and 7 souls (including @BonnieJDunbar) roared to space for the shuttle's 8th docking to Russia's Mir space station. And they did so with a "Howl for the Wolfman". The post “The Air from the Earth”: Remembering STS-89, OTD in 1998 first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/6Elqjai via World Space In...

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Watch live: Astronauts on spacewalk to prep for new ISS solar arrays

 Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and NASA astronaut Nicole Mann suited up and floated outside the International Space Station Friday for a planned six-and-a-half hour spacewalk to prepare the lab for arrival of another pair of new solar arrays later this year. The astronauts switched their spacesuits to internal battery power at 8:14 a.m. EST (1314 GMT) Friday to mark the official start of the spacewalk, the first of the year at the space...

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Comment on SpaceX Launches 40 OneWebs, Delays Vandenberg Starlink Mission by SpaceX Launches First 2023 Vandenberg Mission - Space News

[…] 2023’s first “stack” of Starlink low-orbiting web communications satellites. The B1075 core—whose opening launch attempt overnight on 9/10 January came to nought, due to poor weather and lashi…—lastly took flight at 7:43 a.m. PST (10:43 a.m. EST) and returned eight minutes later to alight […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/bkY0Hxi via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Launches 40 OneWebs, Delays Vandenberg Starlink Mission by SpaceX Launches From Vandenberg, Busy Year Ahead for West Coast - AmericaSpace

[…] first “stack” of Starlink low-orbiting internet communications satellites. The B1075 core—whose opening launch attempt overnight on 9/10 January came to nought, due to poor weather and lashi…—finally took flight at 7:43 a.m. PST (10:43 a.m. EST) and returned eight minutes later to alight […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/Z82rbIS via World Space In...

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SpaceX Launches First 2023 Vandenberg Mission

After being halted last week by poor weather on the California Coast, @SpaceX has kicked off a busy 2023 for Vandenberg Space Force Base. The post SpaceX Launches First 2023 Vandenberg Mission first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/7VR0YkM via World Space In...

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Live coverage: SpaceX plans to launch 51 Starlink satellites today from California

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the Starlink 2-4 mission with 51 Starlink internet satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX Webcast from Spaceflight Now https://ift.tt/65wN9XH via World Space In...

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Comment on Crew-5 Targets 29 September Launch, Second Flight for Dragon Endurance by SpaceX Launches GPS III-06, Busy January Continues - Space News

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Comment on Crew-5 Ready for Wednesday Launch, Science-Filled Expedition 68 by SpaceX Launches GPS III-06, Busy January Continues - AmericaSpace

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Comment on Crew-5 Targets 29 September Launch, Second Flight for Dragon Endurance by SpaceX Launches GPS III-06, Busy January Continues - AmericaSpace

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SpaceX Launches GPS III-06, Busy January Continues

@SpaceX has successfully launched the 6th Block III Global Positioning System (GPS), on behalf of @SpaceForceDoD. The post SpaceX Launches GPS III-06, Busy January Continues first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/mXh5Zd3 via World Space In...

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GPS navigation satellite set for launch on SpaceX rocket

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands on pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida before liftoff with the GPS 3 SV06 spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s second launch for the U.S. military in three days is set to blast off from Florida and deliver a GPS navigation satellite into orbit Wednesday, reinforcing the global positioning and timing network as four more GPS spacecraft are in storage at a Lockheed Martin factory in Colorado to be...

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Falcon Heavy hauls military satellites to high orbit after spectacular sunset launch

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket fires away from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida with two U.S. Space Force satellites. Credit: SpaceX A U.S. military data relay satellite and a rideshare platform with its own suite of payloads rocketed into a sunset sky over Florida’s Space Coast Sunday on a Falcon Heavy launcher, putting on a dazzling show for local residents and visitors as the rocket’s two side boosters returned to Cape Canaveral for...

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Comment on Falcon Heavy Launches USSF-67, Readies for Busy 2023 by Falcon Heavy Launches USSF-67, Readies for Busy 2023 – Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance

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Comment on Record-Tying Falcon 9 Kicks Off 2023, Others Wait in Wings by Falcon Heavy Launches USSF-67, Readies for Busy 2023 - AmericaSpace

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Falcon Heavy Launches USSF-67, Readies for Busy 2023

In the first of up to five flights planned for 2023, @SpaceX's mighty Falcon Heavy has successfully launched USSF-67 for @SpaceForceDoD. The post Falcon Heavy Launches USSF-67, Readies for Busy 2023 first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/wIaPNFt via World Space In...

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Live coverage: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy set for twilight launch Saturday

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center on the USSF-67 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The mission will deploy two main payloads into geosynchronous orbit, and the Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will return to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for landing. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live from Spaceflight Now https://ift.tt/d2kCDWK via World Space In...

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Northrop Grumman heralds converted adapter rings as rideshare solution for military payloads

Artist’s concept of a Long Duration Propulsive ESPA spacecraft, based on Northrop Grumman’s ESPAStar satellite bus. Credit: Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Space Force say converted launch vehicle payload adapter rings, upgraded with power and propulsion to create full-fledged satellites, are proving effective in more rapidly delivering military instruments and sensors to orbit. The fifth such mission is set to launch on a SpaceX...

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