News: SpaceX
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- SpaceX launches communications satellite for Spain’s Hispasat Spaceflight Now · 6 Feb 2023 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Monday night from Cape Canaveral with Amazonas Nexus, a powerhouse satellite owned by the Spanish company Hispasat to connect trans-Atlantic airline passengers, maritime traffic, and rur...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Spanish Amazonas Nexus satellite Teslarati · 6 Feb 2023 SpaceX has successfully launched Spanish connectivity provider HISPASAT’s Amazonas Nexus satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit. The mission kicks off a surge...
- SpaceX launches Hispasat’s Amazonas Nexus satellite NASASpaceflight · 5 Feb 2023 SpaceX has launched the Amazonas Nexus satellite for Hispasat on a Falcon 9 rocket from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff occurred at 8:32 PM EST on Monday, Feb. 6 (01:32 UTC on Tuesday, Feb. 7) u...
- Spanish-owned communications satellite ready for launch from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 4 Feb 2023 A nearly five-ton satellite for the Spanish company Hispasat is ready for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Monday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, beginning a mission to provide in-flight internet and other communications ser...
- NASA Awards Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract NASA · 3 Feb 2023 NASA has selected Astrotech Space Operations, LLC of Titusville, Florida, and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide commercial payload processing services for agency missions...
- SpaceX Starlink Gen2 mission marks Falcon 9 rocket’s 200th successful launch Teslarati · 2 Feb 2023 A day and a half after its 200th launch overall, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has successfully launched for the 200th time. Falcon...
- Space station astronauts finish preps for next pair of new solar arrays Spaceflight Now · 2 Feb 2023 Continuing work left over from a spacewalk last month, astronauts Nicole Mann and Koichi Wakata headed outside the International Space Station Thursday to finish installing a mounting bracket for new solar arrays due to...
- Watch live: SpaceX set to launch 53 more Starlink internet satellites Spaceflight Now · 2 Feb 2023 SpaceX’s launch team in Florida is counting down to an overnight blastoff early Thursday, with a Falcon 9 rocket set to loft 53 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center is scheduled...
- SpaceX preparing for surge of geostationary satellite launches Teslarati · 2 Feb 2023 SpaceX is preparing for a surge of geostationary communications satellite launches after several slow years. In the late 2010s, orders of large...
- SpaceX conducts cross-country Starlink doubleheader NASASpaceflight · 1 Feb 2023 SpaceX ended January with and began February with two Starlink missions. These launches occurred two days apart from separate launch sites.
- Elon Musk teases expendable version of SpaceX’s reusable Starship rocket Teslarati · 1 Feb 2023 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the company could eventually develop an expendable version of its next-generation Starship rocket. Starship is extraordinarily...
- VP Awards Former NASA Astronauts Congressional Space Medal of Honor NASA · 31 Jan 2023 On behalf of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris awarded former NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken the Congressional Space Medal of Honor Tuesday for their bravery in NASA’s SpaceX Demonstrat...
- Starlink satellites, Italian space tug launched by SpaceX rocket Spaceflight Now · 31 Jan 2023 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...
- SpaceX launches 200th Falcon 9 rocket Teslarati · 31 Jan 2023 SpaceX has launched its Falcon 9 rocket for the 200th time. Measuring 70 meters (230 ft) tall and 3.7 meters (12 ft)...
- SpaceX launches first flight of cross-country Starlink doubleheader NASASpaceflight · 31 Jan 2023 SpaceX ended January with and will begin February with two Starlink missions. These launches will occur two days apart from separate launch sites.
- SpaceX installs rocket-catching arms on Starship’s Florida launch tower Teslarati · 31 Jan 2023 SpaceX has installed a pair of rocket-catching arms on a tower meant to support the first East Coast launches of its next-generation...
- Inmarsat-6 F2 satellite completes three-day trip to SpaceX launch site SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2023 Inmarsat’s latest geostationary telecoms satellite has arrived at its Florida launch site after a three-day journey from Airbus’ testing facilities in France.
- Former NASA Astronauts to Receive Congressional Space Medal of Honor NASA · 30 Jan 2023 Vice President Kamala Harris will award former NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken the Congressional Space Medal of Honor at 4:15 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Hurley and Behnken will receive the award for...
- SpaceX’s first NASA astronauts to receive Space Medal of Honor for Dragon test flight Teslarati · 30 Jan 2023 NASA says that the astronauts responsible for SpaceX’s first crewed Dragon test flight will be awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor...
- SpaceX’s 100-launch target is more realistic than it seems Teslarati · 29 Jan 2023 SpaceX is less than a month into 2023, but CEO Elon Musk’s wildly ambitious goal of 100 launches in one year is...
- SpaceX delays Starlink doubleheader Teslarati · 29 Jan 2023 Update: To “allow additional time for pre-launch checkouts,” SpaceX has delayed Starlink 2-6 from January 30th to 8:15 am PST (16:15 UTC),...
- SpaceX preparing for Super Heavy static-fire test SpaceNews · 27 Jan 2023 SpaceX could attempt a long-awaited static-fire test of all 33 Raptor engines in its Super Heavy booster as soon as next week, one of the final technical milestones before an orbital launch attempt, a company executive s...
- Hispasat invests in reforestation to drive sustainability expansion strategy SpaceNews · 27 Jan 2023 After recently investing in Spain’s largest reforestation project, Madrid-based operator Hispasat hopes to use a satellite SpaceX is launching next month to support other sustainability projects across Latin America.
- SpaceX’s backup Dragon launch pad on track for 2023 debut Teslarati · 26 Jan 2023 SpaceX has begun building a backup launch pad for its Cargo and Crew Dragon spacecraft and says the facility could be ready...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches heaviest payload yet Teslarati · 26 Jan 2023 SpaceX has launched its heaviest payload yet for the third time in ten months, demonstrating that it’s still finding ways to improve...
- SpaceX launches heaviest payload on Falcon 9 rocket Spaceflight Now · 26 Jan 2023 A Falcon 9 rocket thundered off a launch pad at Cape Canaveral before dawn Thursday with another batch of 56 Starlink satellites, setting a record for the heaviest payload ever launched on a SpaceX rocket at more than 38...
- SpaceX sets stage for Starship booster’s first 33-engine static fire Teslarati · 26 Jan 2023 SpaceX has set the stage for a record-breaking Starship booster static fire after the rocket completed a complex fueling test and launch...
- SpaceX launches Starlink Group 5-2 mission from Florida NASASpaceflight · 25 Jan 2023 SpaceX’s busy 2023 continued with the launch of Starlink 5-2, a mission that plans to fill out new “shells” of Starlink satellites that link to the upcoming second-generation Starlink constellation. The Starlink 5-2 miss...
- SpaceX’s second Starlink Gen2 launch could set payload record [webcast] Teslarati · 25 Jan 2023 SpaceX’s second Starlink Gen2 launch will carry 56 satellites, potentially making it the heaviest payload the company has ever launched. At 9:30...
- SpaceX to launch asteroid mining spacecraft alongside private Moon lander Teslarati · 24 Jan 2023 SpaceX customer Intuitive Machines says it will use spare capacity on one of its Moon lander launches to send startup AstroForge’s first...
- SpaceX completes fueling test, will now work toward massive engine firing test Ars Technica · 24 Jan 2023 SpaceX said it loaded more than 10 million pounds of fuel onto the vehicle.
- SpaceX completes major Starship test in prep for rocket’s first orbital launch attempt CNBC · 24 Jan 2023 SpaceX announced on Monday it completed a major test of its latest Starship prototype, as the company prepares for the first orbital launch of the towering rocket.
- SpaceX completes Starship wet dress rehearsal SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2023 SpaceX conducted a fueling test of its full Starship launch vehicle Jan. 23, taking the vehicle one step closer to its first orbital launch attempt.
- SpaceX may perform a wet dress rehearsal of its Starship launch system today Ars Technica · 23 Jan 2023 If at first you don't succeed, cryo, cryo again.
- SpaceX’s Starship rocket sails through first “flight-like” fueling test Teslarati · 23 Jan 2023 SpaceX’s fully-assembled Starship rocket appears to have sailed through a major wet dress rehearsal test on the first attempt. With the completion...
- SpaceX’s latest Falcon Heavy launch captured from a rare perspective Teslarati · 22 Jan 2023 NASA cameras installed on the International Space Station happened to be in the right place and at the right time to capture...
- SpaceX Starlink satellite internet tested in the field in Antarctica Teslarati · 22 Jan 2023 SpaceX’s Starlink internet continues to find success in Antarctica, Earth’s icy southernmost continent and has spread beyond McMurdo Station. The company first...
- Rocket Report: SpaceX reaches ‘ludicrous’ cadence; ABL explains RS1 failure Ars Technica · 20 Jan 2023 "This evidence suggests that an unwanted fire spread to our avionics system."
- Chinese startups conduct hot fire tests for mini version of SpaceX’s Starship SpaceNews · 19 Jan 2023 A Chinese launch startup has performed hot fire tests as part of development of a planned reusable stainless-steel rocket apparently inspired by SpaceX’s Starship.
- SpaceX launches first Starlink mission of 2023 after eight delays Teslarati · 19 Jan 2023 A Falcon 9 rocket has successfully launched SpaceX’s Starlink 2-4 mission after seven delays pushed it from November 2022 to January 2023....