News: SpaceX
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- SpaceX Starship booster weathers thunderstorm ahead of first ‘cryo proof’ Teslarati · 8 Jul 2021 Meshing with road and beach closures requested earlier this week, Next Spaceflight reports that a SpaceX Super Heavy booster is scheduled to...
- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talks Starship space telescopes, artificial gravity Teslarati · 7 Jul 2021 In his latest batch of tweets, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the company is already thinking about the many potential ways...
- SpaceX drone ship completes 5000-mile journey from Florida to California Teslarati · 7 Jul 2021 A bit less than four weeks after departing Central Florida’s Port Canaveral, SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY)...
- SpaceX sets new goals for Falcon booster reuse goals after ten-flight milestone Teslarati · 6 Jul 2021 Speaking virtually at Barcelona’s 2021 Mobile World Congress (MWC), CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX has already set its sights on even...
- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk teases nine-engine Starship, Raptor upgrades Teslarati · 5 Jul 2021 In his latest round of SpaceX-related tweets, CEO Elon Musk says that the company has plans to boost Raptor’s performance by at...
- SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is dominating global orbital launches in 2021 Teslarati · 4 Jul 2021 Less than three days after SpaceX completed its 20th successful Falcon 9 launch of 2021, a small Long March 2D rocket carried...
- Booster 3 opens Super Heavy test campaign as orbital vehicles prepare to stack NASASpaceflight · 3 Jul 2021 Following a test campaign focused on SpaceX’s Starship vehicle, the Super Heavy booster is now taking up the mantle of testing at the Starbase launch site. Booster 3 rolled out of the High Bay on Thursday, taking the tri...
- NASA seeking proposals for next phase of Artemis lunar lander services despite industry protests SpaceNews · 2 Jul 2021 NASA is seeking proposals to begin the next phase of Artemis lunar lander services, moving quickly despite unresolved protests about its selection of SpaceX to develop a lunar lander.
- SpaceX rolls largest rocket booster ever built to the launch pad Teslarati · 2 Jul 2021 Six weeks after assembly began, SpaceX has completed Starship’s first true Super Heavy booster prototype, rolled it out of its ‘high bay’...
- Here’s what a Falcon 9 looks like after 8 flights to space in a year Ars Technica · 1 Jul 2021 SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has gone through a stunning transformation over the last year.
- SpaceX says Starship can beat ‘plasma blackout’ with Starlink antennas Teslarati · 1 Jul 2021 SpaceX has asked the FCC to allow Starship and its Super Heavy booster to communicate with Starlink during the rocket’s first orbital...
- SpaceX rocket hauls 88 small satellites into polar orbit Spaceflight Now · 1 Jul 2021 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket and 88 small satellites from Cape Canaveral Wednesday, sending the rideshare payloads on a southerly track into a polar orbit and notching the eighth successful flight of a reusable boos...
- SpaceX launches second dedicated rideshare mission SpaceNews · 30 Jun 2021 SpaceX launched 88 satellites on a Falcon 9 June 30 on the company’s second dedicated smallsat rideshare mission.
- Space Development Agency celebrates launch of its first satellites SpaceNews · 30 Jun 2021 The Defense Department’s space agency on June 30 hailed the deployment of its first missions which flew to orbit on a SpaceX rideshare carrying 88 small satellites.
- SpaceX rocket lands on land after 88-satellite rideshare launch Teslarati · 30 Jun 2021 For the first time this year, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster has landed back on land after supporting the US East Coast’s...
- NASA to Air Departure of SpaceX Cargo Dragon from Space Station NASA · 30 Jun 2021 NASA’s SpaceX Dragon cargo freighter, loaded with approximately 5,000 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo from the International Space Station, will depart Tuesday, July 6, bound for a splashdown in the Atla...
- SpaceX sends its Transporter-2 mission into orbit [Updated] Ars Technica · 30 Jun 2021 A charter helicopter scrubbed Tuesday's attempt, apparently.
- SpaceX Super Heavy booster reaches full height as Elon Musk talks orbit Teslarati · 30 Jun 2021 Just a few days after CEO Elon Musk said that SpaceX’s first true Super Heavy prototype was “almost done,” the booster has...
- Falcon 9 launch scrub highlights airspace integration problems SpaceNews · 29 Jun 2021 A SpaceX launch scrubbed in the final seconds of its countdown when an aircraft violated restricted airspace June 29 has aligned both the launch industry and the airline industry in their criticism of the Federal Aviatio...
- SpaceX rideshare launch aborted by rare range violation Teslarati · 29 Jun 2021 Update: In what has become an extremely rare occurrence, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch was aborted less than a minute before liftoff...
- SpaceX scrubs launch after helicopter ventures into restricted airspace Spaceflight Now · 29 Jun 2021 A private helicopter flew into restricted airspace near Cape Canaveral moments before the scheduled liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday. SpaceX chief Elon Musk said the keep out zone for launches is “unreasonably gigant...
- SpaceX successfully launches Transporter 2 mission with 88 satellites NASASpaceflight · 29 Jun 2021 SpaceX launched the Transporter 2 mission on Wednesday, June 30 at 15:31 EDT (19:31 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This followed an attempt on Tuesday where the countdow...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 booster fleet assembles for West Coast Starlink launches Teslarati · 28 Jun 2021 For the second time in a month, SpaceX has shipped a heavily flown Falcon 9 booster from Cape Canaveral, Florida to its...
- Space Development Agency’s first satellites to launch on SpaceX mission Spaceflight Now · 28 Jun 2021 Five payloads from the Space Development Agency, an organization charged with rapidly infusing emerging technologies into the U.S. military’s space programs, are among more than 80 satellites awaiting launch from Cape Ca...
- SpaceX sends Starship’s first vacuum Raptor engine to Boca Chica Teslarati · 28 Jun 2021 For the first time, SpaceX has shipped a vacuum-optimized Raptor engine to its Boca Chica, Texas Starship factory days after the company’s...
- SpaceX launch this week will feature first onshore rocket landing since December Spaceflight Now · 28 Jun 2021 SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on a southerly coast-hugging trajectory from Cape Canaveral Tuesday to place 88 small satellites into a polar orbit. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to Flori...
- SpaceX drone ship sails through Panama Canal on the way to California Teslarati · 27 Jun 2021 For the third time ever, one of SpaceX’s “autonomous spaceport drone ships” has successfully transited the Panama Canal on its way to...
- SpaceX aiming for July for Starship orbital launch despite regulatory reviews SpaceNews · 26 Jun 2021 SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell says the company is “shooting for July” for the first orbital launch of the company’s Starship vehicle despite lacking the regulatory approvals needed for such a launch.
- Rocket Report: China to copy SpaceX’s Super Heavy? Vulcan slips to 2022 Ars Technica · 25 Jun 2021 "We saw something we didn’t understand and didn’t expect to happen."
- Elon Musk says SpaceX’s second Starship booster prototype is almost finished Teslarati · 25 Jun 2021 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the second Starship booster prototype is “almost done” and has revealed that work on the first...
- SpaceX’s 20th Falcon 9 launch of 2021 slips to Monday Teslarati · 24 Jun 2021 SpaceX has announced an unspecified delay for its second dedicated “Transporter” rideshare mission and 20th Falcon 9 launch of the year. Recently...
- Leaf Space expands ground station network ahead of busy SpaceX ride-share mission SpaceNews · 24 Jun 2021 Leaf Space has added three more ground stations to its managed network service, helping the Italian company support its largest number of satellite customers on a single launch June 25.
- SpaceX postpones second Transporter rideshare launch Spaceflight Now · 24 Jun 2021 SpaceX said Thursday it has postponed the next launch of a Falcon 9 rocket, previously scheduled for Friday at Cape Canaveral, due to unspecified technical concerns. The Falcon 9 will launch on a commercial rideshare mis...
- SpaceX Starship booster’s ‘hot gas’ thrusters make first public appearance Teslarati · 24 Jun 2021 ‘Hot gas’ thrusters meant to boost the efficiency of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy boosters have been spotted in public for...
- SpaceX rocket ready for second rideshare launch with 100+ small satellites Teslarati · 23 Jun 2021 For the second time in six months, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is ready to launch around 100+ small satellites into low...
- SpaceX preparing salvo of polar Starlink launches from West and East coasts Teslarati · 22 Jun 2021 SpaceX has unexpectedly filed regulatory documents requesting permission to perform at least half a dozen polar Starlink satellite launches from its East...
- Congress isn’t happy about SpaceX’s lunar lander and may vent this week Ars Technica · 22 Jun 2021 "I would simply say, Congress supports SLS and Orion."
- Ex-Im Bank finances SpaceX launch deal SpaceNews · 22 Jun 2021 The Export-Import Bank of the United States has arranged financing for the SpaceX launch of a Hispasat satellite, the first space deal the bank has done in six years.
- Space Development Agency to launch five satellites aboard SpaceX rideshare SpaceNews · 22 Jun 2021 The U.S. Space Development Agency has five satellites riding on SpaceX’s Transporter-2 mission scheduled to launch June 25.
- SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You arrives at Panama Canal Teslarati · 21 Jun 2021 Ten days and one unexpected detour after SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) departed Port Canaveral, Florida for...