SpaceX rideshare launch aborted by rare range violation
Update: In what has become an extremely rare occurrence, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch was aborted less than a minute…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 booster fleet assembles for West Coast Starlink launches
For the second time in a month, SpaceX has shipped a heavily flown Falcon 9 booster from Cape Canaveral, Florida…
3 years ago
SpaceX sends Starship’s first vacuum Raptor engine to Boca Chica
For the first time, SpaceX has shipped a vacuum-optimized Raptor engine to its Boca Chica, Texas Starship factory days after…
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SpaceX drone ship sails through Panama Canal on the way to California
For the third time ever, one of SpaceX's "autonomous spaceport drone ships" has successfully transited the Panama Canal on its…
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Elon Musk says SpaceX’s second Starship booster prototype is almost finished
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the second Starship booster prototype is "almost done" and has revealed that work on…
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SpaceX’s 20th Falcon 9 launch of 2021 slips to Monday
SpaceX has announced an unspecified delay for its second dedicated "Transporter" rideshare mission and 20th Falcon 9 launch of the…
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SpaceX Starship booster’s ‘hot gas’ thrusters make first public appearance
'Hot gas' thrusters meant to boost the efficiency of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy boosters have been spotted in…
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SpaceX rocket ready for second rideshare launch with 100+ small satellites
For the second time in six months, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is ready to launch around 100+ small satellites…
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SpaceX 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…
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SpaceX 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…
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SpaceX 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,…
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SpaceX 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…
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SpaceX 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…
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[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…
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SpaceX 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…
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SpaceX 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…
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SpaceX 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…
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SpaceX 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)…
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SpaceX 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…
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SpaceX 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…
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