SpaceX
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13.5KSpaceX preparing salvo of polar Starlink launches from West and East coasts
SpaceX has unexpectedly filed regulatory documents requesting permission to perform at least half a dozen polar Starlink satellite launches from its East...
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9.4KSpaceX installs first parts of tower meant to catch Starship boosters
SpaceX’s Starship ‘launch tower’ appears to have been outfitted with the first major component of a mechanism that’s meant to allow the...
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25.7KSpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You arrives at Panama Canal
Ten days and one unexpected detour after SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) departed Port Canaveral, Florida for...
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44.6KSpaceX Starship might skip early retirement for “hypersonic flight test”
In response to a Teslarati report on Starship SN16’s apparent transport to what amounts to a resting place for retired rockets, SpaceX...
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44.4KSpaceX rocket sticks landing in style after military reuse milestone
SpaceX’s latest launch webcast offered exceptionally clear views of the company’s 88th successful Falcon booster landing minutes after the rocket helped the...
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28.3K[Update: not so fast…] SpaceX retires brand new Starship to focus on orbital launch buildup
SpaceX has moved its newest finished Starship straight from its Boca Chica, Texas factory to a nearby ‘rocket garden,’ all but guaranteeing...
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30.2KSpaceX sends Starship heat shield “bakery” to Boca Chica
At the same time as SpaceX is assembling hardware and manufacturing dozens of Raptor engines for Starship’s inaugural orbital test flight, it’s...
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48.5KSpaceX teases progress towards Starship’s orbital launch debut
A recorded address from SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell to a graduating class of college seniors unexpectedly teased progress building the...
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45.1KSpaceX fires up Falcon 9 for first flight-proven ‘national security’ launch
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...
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33.6KSpaceX drone ship to ride transport vessel through the Panama Canal
After a quick jaunt from Port Canaveral to the Bahamas, SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) has been...
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40.1KSpaceX Starship launch tower grows to more than half its full height
SpaceX has installed another prefabricated segment of a new Starship ‘launch tower,’ raising the skyscraper-sized framework to more than half its full...
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23.1KSpaceX CEO Elon Musk says Starship will take over Starlink launches
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has reiterated plans for Starship to take over Starlink launches, eventually fully replacing Falcon 9’s role in the...
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29.2KSpaceX VP says Starlink is almost ready to revolutionize in-flight internet
Speaking on a panel at an aviation conference, a senior SpaceX sales executive says that the company is in talks with “several…airlines”...
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23.6KSpaceX drone ship heads to the Bahamas for its ride to California
SpaceX’s longest-lived and most prolific drone ship has departed Port Canaveral just a few days after preparations appeared to begin for a...
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68.6KSpaceX rolls Starship launch tower section, giant water tank to orbital pad
After a brief pause, SpaceX is once again shipping pad hardware from its Boca Chica, Texas rocket factory to Starship’s rapidly growing...
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11.8KSpaceX on track to launch 20 Falcon 9 rockets in the first half of 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...
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13.2KSpaceX inaugurates two new Starship engine test stands with a static fire
Barely four months after breaking ground, SpaceX has completed a dual-bay Starship engine test stand and inaugurated the new facility with a...
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16.3KSpaceX outfits drone ship for Panama Canal transit after 45th booster recovery
Just a few hours after returning to Port Canaveral, SpaceX lifted Falcon 9 B1067 off of drone ship Of Course I Still...
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7.0KSpaceX rolls first Starship booster hardware to launch site
While destined to remain on the ground, SpaceX has rolled Starship booster hardware to its Boca Chica, Texas launch pad for the...
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18.8KSpaceX aces fourth Dragon launch in six months
SpaceX has successfully completed its fourth Dragon spacecraft launch in six months, continuing an unprecedented cadence of missions carrying crew and cargo...
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