News: SpaceX
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- SpaceX installs first parts of tower meant to catch Starship boosters Teslarati · 21 Jun 2021 SpaceX’s Starship ‘launch tower’ appears to have been outfitted with the first major component of a mechanism that’s meant to allow the...
- Photos: SpaceX rocket launches, then lands, on Space Force mission Spaceflight Now · 21 Jun 2021 These photos show the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket June 17 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying a GPS navigation satellite into orbit for the U.S. Space Force. Once its job was complete, the rocket’s f...
- SpaceX Starship might skip early retirement for “hypersonic flight test” Teslarati · 18 Jun 2021 In response to a Teslarati report on Starship SN16’s apparent transport to what amounts to a resting place for retired rockets, SpaceX...
- Rocket Report: China launches crew mission, SpaceX runs into road troubles Ars Technica · 18 Jun 2021 "The Space Safari team intends to push the envelope."
- SpaceX rocket sticks landing in style after military reuse milestone Teslarati · 17 Jun 2021 SpaceX’s latest launch webcast offered exceptionally clear views of the company’s 88th successful Falcon booster landing minutes after the rocket helped the...
- SpaceX launches newest GPS satellite on reused booster NASASpaceflight · 17 Jun 2021 SpaceX has launched another next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite for the United States Space Force. Falcon 9 lifted off with the GPS-III-SV05 satellite on June 17 from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Sp...
- SpaceX to break the final frontier in reuse with national defense launch Ars Technica · 17 Jun 2021 Thursday's GPS mission is a high priority for the Space Force.
- SpaceX launches first national security mission on reused commercial rocket Spaceflight Now · 17 Jun 2021 A fresh GPS navigation beacon destined to replace a nearly 17-year-old satellite rode into orbit from Cape Canaveral on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Thursday, marking the first time risk-averse U.S. military space off...
- [Update: not so fast…] SpaceX retires brand new Starship to focus on orbital launch buildup Teslarati · 16 Jun 2021 SpaceX has moved its newest finished Starship straight from its Boca Chica, Texas factory to a nearby ‘rocket garden,’ all but guaranteeing...
- U.S. Space Force clears reused SpaceX rocket for launch with GPS satellite Spaceflight Now · 16 Jun 2021 A GPS navigation satellite built by Lockheed Martin will be the first operational national security payload to ride a reused SpaceX booster into orbit from Florida Thursday, following years of planning to lay the groundw...
- SpaceX sends Starship heat shield “bakery” to Boca Chica Teslarati · 16 Jun 2021 At the same time as SpaceX is assembling hardware and manufacturing dozens of Raptor engines for Starship’s inaugural orbital test flight, it’s...
- SpaceX teases progress towards Starship’s orbital launch debut Teslarati · 15 Jun 2021 A recorded address from SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell to a graduating class of college seniors unexpectedly teased progress building the...
- Upcoming SpaceX mission a reusability milestone for national security launch SpaceNews · 15 Jun 2021 The scheduled June 17 SpaceX launch of a GPS 3 satellite will be the first national security space mission to use a refurbished Falcon 9 booster.
- Launcher to develop orbital transfer vehicle SpaceNews · 15 Jun 2021 Small launch vehicle company Launcher announced June 15 that it is also working on an orbital transfer vehicle for small satellites that it plans to use on both its own rocket as well as SpaceX’s Falcon 9.
- SpaceX fires up Falcon 9 for first flight-proven ‘national security’ launch Teslarati · 15 Jun 2021 On June 12th, SpaceX successfully fired up a once-flown Falcon 9 booster in the lead-up to the company’s fourth launch of an...
- SpaceX drone ship to ride transport vessel through the Panama Canal Teslarati · 14 Jun 2021 After a quick jaunt from Port Canaveral to the Bahamas, SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) has been...
- SpaceX Starship launch tower grows to more than half its full height Teslarati · 14 Jun 2021 SpaceX has installed another prefabricated segment of a new Starship ‘launch tower,’ raising the skyscraper-sized framework to more than half its full...
- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says Starship will take over Starlink launches Teslarati · 11 Jun 2021 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has reiterated plans for Starship to take over Starlink launches, eventually fully replacing Falcon 9’s role in the...
- SpaceX VP says Starlink is almost ready to revolutionize in-flight internet Teslarati · 10 Jun 2021 Speaking on a panel at an aviation conference, a senior SpaceX sales executive says that the company is in talks with “several…airlines”...
- SpaceX drone ship heads to the Bahamas for its ride to California Teslarati · 10 Jun 2021 SpaceX’s longest-lived and most prolific drone ship has departed Port Canaveral just a few days after preparations appeared to begin for a...
- SpaceX rolls Starship launch tower section, giant water tank to orbital pad Teslarati · 9 Jun 2021 After a brief pause, SpaceX is once again shipping pad hardware from its Boca Chica, Texas rocket factory to Starship’s rapidly growing...
- Axiom signs deal with SpaceX for three more private crew missions Spaceflight Now · 9 Jun 2021 SpaceX has signed a deal with Axiom Space, a Houston company that arranges private astronaut expeditions, for three more fully commercial Crew Dragon missions to the International Space Station beyond Axiom’s first Drago...
- SpaceX on track to launch 20 Falcon 9 rockets in the first half of 2021 Teslarati · 9 Jun 2021 The second half of SpaceX’s June 2021 flight schedule has begun to firm up, raising the odds of another four-launch month as...
- SpaceX inaugurates two new Starship engine test stands with a static fire Teslarati · 8 Jun 2021 Barely four months after breaking ground, SpaceX has completed a dual-bay Starship engine test stand and inaugurated the new facility with a...
- Relativity has a bold plan to take on SpaceX, and investors are buying it Ars Technica · 8 Jun 2021 "We're trying to ice skate to where the puck is going."
- SpaceX outfits drone ship for Panama Canal transit after 45th booster recovery Teslarati · 7 Jun 2021 Just a few hours after returning to Port Canaveral, SpaceX lifted Falcon 9 B1067 off of drone ship Of Course I Still...
- OLS grows ahead of Super Heavy debut – Raptor test capacity increases NASASpaceflight · 6 Jun 2021 SpaceX Starbase may be lacking a rocket at the launch site, but work is still continuing apace on the construction of the Orbital Launch Site (OLS) ahead of receiving the first Super Heavy/Starship stack for an upcoming...
- SpaceX delivers for SiriusXM with successful midnight hour launch Spaceflight Now · 6 Jun 2021 A Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral early Sunday with a high-power digital radio satellite for SiriusXM, marking SpaceX’s 18th Falcon 9 flight since Jan. 1, but just the third dedicated to external commercial...
- Falcon 9 launch timeline with SXM 8 Spaceflight Now · 6 Jun 2021 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral early Sunday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the SXM 8 radio broadcasting satellite into orbit around 32 minutes later.
- SiriusXM to replenish radio broadcast fleet with launch early Sunday Spaceflight Now · 5 Jun 2021 SiriusXM will get a new radio broadcasting satellite with a launch scheduled early Sunday from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, following the failure of an identical spacecraft after a launch last December...
- SpaceX launches 2nd mission in three days with SiriusXM-8 NASASpaceflight · 5 Jun 2021 SpaceX launched its 18th mission of 2021 with the SiriusXM-8 (SXM-8) high-power broadcasting satellite. A Falcon 9 rocket lofted the SXM-8 satellite to a sub-synchronous geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) after launching...
- Dragon capsule delivers 7,300 pounds of cargo to International Space Station Spaceflight Now · 5 Jun 2021 Wrapping up a two-day transit from a launch pad in Florida, a SpaceX Dragon capsule autonomously linked up with the International Space Station Saturday with more than 7,300 pounds of cargo, including new solar arrays, c...
- New military program to study using huge rockets for global cargo delivery Spaceflight Now · 4 Jun 2021 The U.S. military plans to spend nearly $48 million next year on a program that could eventually allow commanders to transport heavy cargo around the world in less than an hour using giant rockets being developed by priv...
- Rocket Report: SpaceX breaks streak of used launches, FAA clears Electron Ars Technica · 4 Jun 2021 "Listen to customers, don't listen to pundits and market analysts."
- SpaceX rolls first Starship booster hardware to launch site Teslarati · 4 Jun 2021 While destined to remain on the ground, SpaceX has rolled Starship booster hardware to its Boca Chica, Texas launch pad for the...
- SpaceX cargo ship launches on mission to upgrade space station electrical grid Spaceflight Now · 3 Jun 2021 Trailing a brilliant orange flame, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered into orbit Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a Dragon cargo capsule launching on a two-day pursuit of the International Space Sta...
- SpaceX aces fourth Dragon launch in six months Teslarati · 3 Jun 2021 SpaceX has successfully completed its fourth Dragon spacecraft launch in six months, continuing an unprecedented cadence of missions carrying crew and cargo...
- Science, Solar Arrays Launch on NASA’s SpaceX Cargo Mission NASA · 3 Jun 2021 The latest SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 1:29 p.m. EDT Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, bearing more than 7,300 pounds of scien...
- Falcon 9 launches cargo Dragon mission to ISS SpaceNews · 3 Jun 2021 A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a cargo Dragon spacecraft June 3, carrying experiments and a new set of solar panels for the International Space Station.
- Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 22nd space station resupply mission Spaceflight Now · 3 Jun 2021 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in less than 10 minutes Thursday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 7,300 pounds of supplies and e...