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The Starlink 6-99 mission will be SpaceX’s 125th orbital launch from Launch Complex 39A to date. Liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is scheduled during a launch window that opens at 8:11 a.m. EST (1311 UTC) on Dec. 15. -
The Starlink 15-12 mission added another 27 broadband internet satellites to SpaceX’s megaconstellation in low Earth orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened Dec. 13, at 9:49 p.m. PST (12:49 a.m. EST / 0549 UTC on Sunday, Dec. 14)
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Researchers from NASA’s Ames Research Center sound alarm about current and projected impacts to observatories, like the Hubble Space Telescope and others. -
SpaceX launched another batch of 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit on its Falcon 9 rocket Thursday afternoon breaking its pad turnaround record by nearly five hours. -
The Starlink 15-11 mission added another 27 broadband internet satellites to the low Earth orbit megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 3:40 a.m. PST (6:40 a.m. EST / 1140 UTC). -
The mission, dubbed NROL-77, was the final time SpaceX uses Landing Zone 2 to recover a first stage Falcon booster. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 2:16 p.m. EST (1916 UTC). -
A NASA astronaut and two cosmonaut crewmates strapped into their Soyuz ferry ship Monday evening, undocked from the International Space Station and plunged to an on-target landing on the frigid steppe of Kazakhstan early Tuesday to wrap up an eight-month mission. -
SpaceX launches 3,000th Starlink satellite in 2025 on record-setting 32nd flight of Falcon 9 booster
The Starlink 6-92 mission also represents the 575th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket to date. SpaceX scheduled liftoff for Monday, Dec. 8, at 5:26 p.m. EST (2226 UTC) following a weather scrub on Sunday. -
The Starlink 11-15 mission will add another 28 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit constellation. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:58 a.m. PST (12:58 p.m. EST / 1758 UTC). -
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke will take command of the orbiting outpost as Expedition 74 begins with the undocking of Soyuz MS-27 on Monday, Dec. 8. The International Space Station is set to be de-orbited around 2030 or soon thereafter. -
The Starlink 11-25 mission saw the Falcon 9 rocket fly on a south-easterly trajectory upon leaving the pad. SpaceX completed liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:42 p.m. PST (3:42 p.m. EST / 2042 UTC). -
The hatch issue caused NASA to modify its prelaunch preparations within the Vehicle Assembly Building but it continues to target an early February launch of the mission to carry four astronauts on a loop around the Moon.
