News: SpaceX
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- SpaceX installs Super Heavy booster on launch mount with giant robot arms Teslarati · 24 Jun 2022 SpaceX has transported the most powerful rocket booster ever assembled to its Starbase orbital launch site (OLS) and used giant robotic arms...
- Rocket Report: SpaceX steamroller rolls on; Russian rocket workers are idled Ars Technica · 24 Jun 2022 "Bechtel's poor performance is the main reason for the significant projected cost increases."
- Second segment added to Starship launch tower at Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 23 Jun 2022 The second section of the Florida launch tower for SpaceX’s huge Super Heavy and Starship rocket was lifted on top of the first tower segment Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center, continuing construction of a structure t...
- SpaceX’s record-breaking Falcon 9 booster returns to port Teslarati · 23 Jun 2022 SpaceX’s latest record-breaking Falcon 9 booster has returned to port after completing its 13th launch and landing. Falcon 9 B1060 lifted off...
- SpaceX begins stacking Florida Starship launch tower Teslarati · 22 Jun 2022 SpaceX has begun stacking Starship’s first Florida launch tower. Less than half a year after the company restarted work on a Starship...
- SpaceX gets permit for “Project Echo” in Central Texas Teslarati · 22 Jun 2022 On June 6, 2022, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved a permit for a SpaceX construction project called “Project Echo.” The...
- SpaceX warns 5G plan would deny Starlink to most Americans SpaceNews · 21 Jun 2022 SpaceX warned June 21 that its Starlink broadband network would become unusable for most Americans if a proposal to use the 12 GHz band for terrestrial 5G is approved.
- NASA, SpaceX to test satellite crash-prevention strategies SpaceNews · 21 Jun 2022 Through the Starling mission, NASA and SpaceX will begin testing strategies for preventing autonomous satellites from crashing into each other.
- SpaceX to attempt to crush Starship test tank Teslarati · 20 Jun 2022 A week after rolling a different ‘test tank’ from its South Texas Starship factory to nearby launch and test facilities, SpaceX has...
- SpaceX launches three Falcon 9 rockets in 36 hours Teslarati · 19 Jun 2022 SpaceX has successfully completed three Falcon 9 launches in just over 36 hours, highlighting the company’s continuous push towards ever-higher launch cadences...
- SpaceX performs three launches within two days amid internal dissent SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2022 SpaceX completed a surge of three successful launches in a little more than 36 hours early June 19, days after an open letter within the company critical of founder Elon Musk led to the firing of several employees.
- SpaceX launches third Falcon 9 rocket in less than two days Spaceflight Now · 19 Jun 2022 SpaceX hauled a Globalstar communications satellite into orbit early Sunday from Cape Canaveral, pulling off the third Falcon 9 rocket flight in 36 hours, the fastest sequence of three missions by any commercial launch c...
- SpaceX launches Globalstar satellite on mysterious Falcon 9 mission NASASpaceflight · 18 Jun 2022 SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket on a secretive mission in the early hours of Sunday morning. Liftoff occurred at 12:27 AM EDT (04:27 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, with t...
- Globalstar hush-hush ahead of launch with SpaceX Spaceflight Now · 18 Jun 2022 Globalstar is set to add a spare spacecraft to its commercial data relay network early Sunday with a launch from Cape Canaveral on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, but the satellite operator remained silent about the mission on...
- SpaceX launches German military radar satellite from California Spaceflight Now · 18 Jun 2022 A four-ton radar observation satellite for the German military soared into orbit Saturday from California on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, beginning a 10-year mission to collect all-weather reconnaissance imagery.
- Falcon 9 launches Germany’s SARah-1 from Vandenberg NASASpaceflight · 18 Jun 2022 Germany’s SARah-1 military radar Earth observation satellite launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday. The launch, which was the 25th flight of the Falcon 9 this year, occurre...
- SpaceX to kick off launch triple-header with record-breaking Falcon reuse Teslarati · 17 Jun 2022 SpaceX appears to be on track to launch a trio of Falcon 9 rockets in as few as 36 hours, beginning with...
- SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on booster’s 13th flight NASASpaceflight · 17 Jun 2022 SpaceX is launched yet another 53 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. The liftoff at 12:09 PM EDT (16:08 UTC) on Friday was from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This mission...
- SpaceX deploys more Starlink satellites as astronomers renew brightness concerns Spaceflight Now · 17 Jun 2022 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 booster for a record-breaking 13th time Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, hauling 53 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit as astronomers renew concerns about the growing...
- Astronomers renew concerns about Starlink satellite brightness SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2022 As SpaceX gears up for another launch of Starlink satellites, astronomers are concerned the company maybe backsliding in its efforts to reduce the brightness of those satellites.
- SpaceX fires employees involved in letter rebuking Musk Reuters · 17 Jun 2022 SpaceX has fired employees who helped write and distribute an open letter criticizing Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk's behavior, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing three employees with knowledge of the situ...
- German military radar satellite ready for SpaceX rocket ride Spaceflight Now · 17 Jun 2022 The first satellite in a billion-dollar program to provide the German military with improved radar surveillance imagery from space is set to rocket into a polar orbit Saturday from California’s Central Coast on a SpaceX...
- SpaceX planning another trifecta of launches this weekend Spaceflight Now · 16 Jun 2022 SpaceX teams in Florida and California are preparing for three missions from three launch pads in three days, beginning Friday with a launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a reusable Falcon 9 booster flyin...
- First tower segment for SpaceX’s Starship launch site moves to pad 39A Spaceflight Now · 16 Jun 2022 The first segment of a new launch tower for SpaceX’s behemoth Starship rocket moved across the Kennedy Space Center late Wednesday to pad 39A, where the company is poised to erect one of the tallest structures at the Cap...
- SpaceX considers second Crew Dragon launch pad to reduce risk from Starship Teslarati · 16 Jun 2022 Reuters reports that SpaceX has proposed modifying a second Florida launch pad to support Crew Dragon missions after NASA raised concerns about...
- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claims Starship will be ready for first orbital launch in July Teslarati · 15 Jun 2022 CEO Elon Musk claims that SpaceX could be ready to attempt Starship’s first orbital launch as early as July. While SpaceX has...
- Momentus orbital transfer vehicle suffers power problem after launch Spaceflight Now · 14 Jun 2022 The first test flight of a commercial orbital transfer vehicle from Momentus is suffering from a problem with its solar panels after launching last month on a SpaceX rocket, and the company said Monday that its confidenc...
- Starlink and OneWeb reach spectrum coordination plan SpaceNews · 14 Jun 2022 SpaceX and OneWeb said June 13 they have reached a spectrum coordination plan that would enable their current and second-generation broadband megaconstellations to coexist.
- Cargo Dragon launch rescheduled for July after identifying hydrazine leak SpaceNews · 14 Jun 2022 A SpaceX cargo Dragon mission to the International Space Station will now launch no earlier than July 11, a delay of more than a month after engineers identified the source of elevated hydrazine readings in the spacecraf...
- SpaceX, NASA blame Cargo Dragon leak on faulty valve, delay launch further Teslarati · 14 Jun 2022 NASA and SpaceX have delayed Cargo Dragon’s CRS-25 space station resupply mission another two weeks after the company narrowed down the cause...
- SpaceX a big step closer to orbital Starship launches after passing FAA environmental review Teslarati · 13 Jun 2022 SpaceX has secured environmental approval from the FAA and relevant federal, state, and local stakeholders to conduct orbital Starship launches on the...
- FAA environmental review to allow Starship orbital launches after changes SpaceNews · 13 Jun 2022 An FAA environmental review has concluded that SpaceX can conduct orbital launches of its Starship vehicle from its Texas test site, but only after completing dozens of mitigations to reduce impacts on the environment an...
- FAA moves SpaceX a step closer to receiving Starship launch license Spaceflight Now · 13 Jun 2022 The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday outlined more than 75 actions SpaceX has to implement in order to reduce the environmental effects of flying its gigantic 40-story-tall Starship rocket from South Texas, but...
- BlueWalker 3 launch window opens Aug. 15 SpaceNews · 13 Jun 2022 AST SpaceMobile said June 13 that SpaceX aims to launch the prototype for its cellphone-compatible broadband constellation in the week of Aug. 15.
- SpaceX faces NASA hurdle for Starship backup launch pad Reuters · 13 Jun 2022 NASA wants Elon Musk's SpaceX to ensure its plan to launch its next-generation Starship rocket from Florida would not put at risk nearby launch infrastructure critical to the International Space Station, a senior space a...
- SpaceX wraps up Falcon 9 launch, sends drone ship to sea for the next one Teslarati · 13 Jun 2022 SpaceX’s two East Coast drone ships have passed each other by as one returned from the company’s most recent Falcon 9 launch...
- U.S. Space Force orders eight launches from ULA and SpaceX Spaceflight Now · 10 Jun 2022 The U.S. Space Force recently ordered five military satellite launches from United Launch Alliance and three from SpaceX, awards valued at $846 million for missions scheduled to fly in the next two years.
- SpaceX Starship prototype returns to factory after simulated Raptor testing Teslarati · 10 Jun 2022 A SpaceX Starship prototype that could become the first to launch into space has returned to the company’s Starbase rocket factory after...
- NASA to purchase five more Dragon crew missions from SpaceX Spaceflight Now · 10 Jun 2022 NASA says it plans to buy five more crew rotation missions on SpaceX’s fleet of Dragon spaceships, bringing SpaceX’s contract with the space agency to 14 operational astronaut launches, likely enough to keep the Internat...
- Starbase orbital duo preps for Static Fire campaign – KSC Starship Progress NASASpaceflight · 9 Jun 2022 SpaceX’s Starbase is heading into its latest phase of milestones for Starship, with the high likelihood the FAA is close to approving a critical checkpoint for its rapidly reusable launch vehicle, paving the way for the...