All posts tagged "Block 5"
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58.8KNewsSpaceX's next Starlink launch to mark biggest rocket reusability milestone yet [webcast]
If everything goes as planned, SpaceX’s next 60-satellite Starlink launch will soon push the Falcon rocket family to the halfway point of...
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29.7KNewsSpaceX's next rocket launch on track to break a 20-month-old booster reusability record
Scheduled as early as next week, SpaceX’s next rocket launch could see the company break a 20-month-old record that is closely intertwined...
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20.3KNewsSpaceX’s first ever Block 5 booster gives one last hurrah, in photos
After helping SpaceX enter a new era of routine rocket reusability, the very first Falcon 9 Block 5 booster is officially nothing...
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75.8KNewsSpaceX skips Falcon 9 landing leg retraction on record-breaking booster
Four days after it returned to port, SpaceX quickly brought its latest recovered Falcon 9 booster horizontal, the last step before it...
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44.4KNewsSpaceX Falcon 9 booster returns to port on a drone ship for the first time in six months
On November 15th, Falcon 9 booster B1048 returned to port aboard a SpaceX drone ship, the first such return in almost half...
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17.4KNewsSpaceX’s upcoming Starlink launch will set a record for Falcon 9 booster reuse
SpaceX’s next launch will fly on a Falcon 9 Block 5 booster with three flights in its history, making the mission the...
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27.5KNewsSpaceX executive says Falcon 9 is waiting for customer satellites for the first time ever
Speaking on a panel at 2019’s World Satellite Business Week (WSBW), SpaceX COO and President says that the company and its Falcon...
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26.4KNewsSpaceX fires up Falcon 9 booster destined for Crew Dragon’s astronaut launch debut
SpaceX announced that it has successfully completed a routine static fire acceptance test of the Falcon 9 booster that will eventually support...
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25.0KNewsSpaceX Falcon 9 booster spotted in Southern California on journey to Florida
On August 20th, a member of a local California Facebook group happened to spot a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster in transit, an...
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30.8KNewsSpaceX teases extreme Falcon 9 launch cadence goals in Starship planning doc
Published as part of an August 2019 environmental assessment (EA) draft for Starship’s prospective Pad 39A launch facilities, SpaceX revealed plans for...
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29.0KNewsSpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5’s second expendable launch a bittersweet success
Likely some 10 minutes after lifting off for the third time from a SpaceX launch pad, Falcon 9 Block 5 booster B1047...
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78.1KNewsSpaceX sends Falcon 9’s West Coast drone ship to the Panama Canal in surprise move
In a surprise turn of events, SpaceX has decided to send Just Read The Instructions (JRTI) – one of the company’s two...
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19.0KNewsSpaceX delays expendable Falcon 9 satellite launch for an unprecedented second static fire test
First reported by NASASpaceflight.com, SpaceX has delayed Falcon 9 B1047.2’s third and final launch due to issues with the booster’s Merlin 1D...
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39.1KNewsSpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 for expendable Block 5 launch as bad weather threatens delays
SpaceX has fired up twice-flown Falcon 9 booster B1047 ahead of Block 5’s second expendable launch ever, but the company avoided its...
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36.0KNewsSpaceX transports Falcon 9 to launch site ahead of Block 5’s second expendable launch ever
Photos published on July 28th by customer Spacecom show a sooty SpaceX Falcon 9 booster and fresh upper stage on their way...
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SpaceX retracts Falcon 9 booster’s landing legs a second time after speedy reuse
Following the Falcon 9 booster’s second successful NASA launch in less than three months, SpaceX recovery technicians have once again rapidly retracted...
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26.9KNewsSpaceX Falcon 9 nears NASA’s first flight-proven Block 5 launch after static fire delays
After multiple days of delays, many a finger is crossed that SpaceX will be able to perform a critical static fire test...
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27.3KNewsSpaceX sets new Falcon 9 Block 5 reusability milestones for second half of 2019
Speaking at 2019’s Asia-Pacific Satellite (APSAT) Conference, SpaceX Vice President of Commercial Sales Jonathan Hofeller – squeezed into a sea of breaking-news...
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34.2KNewsSpaceX’s first flight-proven Falcon Heavy Block 5 launch and landing in photos
Aside from center core B1057’s unfortunate demise, Falcon Heavy’s third launch was a huge success, placing two dozen satellites into three separate...
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39.4KNewsSpaceX CEO Elon Musk explains why Falcon Heavy’s center core missed the drone ship
Some 12 hours after Falcon Heavy successfully completed what Elon Musk described as the SpaceX’s “most difficult launch ever”, the CEO took...
