LaunchPad: Falcon Heavy ready to go for commercial launch debut
This is a free preview of LaunchPad, one of Teslarati’s member-only launch briefing newsletters. Before each SpaceX launch, I’ll give…
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Block 5
SpaceX reveals Falcon Heavy Block 5 in first official photo, timelapse
SpaceX has revealed the first official media (including a timelapse video) of its Falcon Heavy Block 5 rocket, including one…
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SpaceX’s first Block 5 Falcon Heavy days away from critical static fire test
The first commercial launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket - this time in a Block 5 configuration - is as…
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SpaceX’s April 7th Falcon Heavy launch a step toward new commercial markets
A bit less than 14 months after SpaceX's Falcon Heavy took to the sky for the first time, the company's…
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SpaceX snags second Falcon 9 booster in two weeks after Crew Dragon launch
SpaceX and the company's drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) have successfully wrapped up their second Falcon…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lands for the last time ahead of risky in-flight abort test
SpaceX's latest successful launch and landing has wrapped up with Israeli Moon lander Beresheet on its way to Earth's neighbor,…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 faced its most challenging reentry and landing yet
SpaceX has completed its second successful launch of 2019, sending the first commercial Moon lander on the first leg of its…
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SpaceX test fires twice-flown Falcon 9 for world’s first commercial Moon mission
Likely to be the third orbital-class launch for the booster in question, SpaceX's next launch - led by primary customer Pasifik…
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SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy launch may feature record-breaking center core landing
Thanks to a temporary reopening of the US federal government, SpaceX was finally able to continue the process of filing…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 booster spied on highway as triple-satellite launch moves right
A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster was spotted heading north from the company's Hawthorne, California factory on January 22nd, signifying a likely…
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SpaceX hot-fires Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon aboard prior to first orbital launch
SpaceX has completed a hot-fire test of Falcon 9 B1051 at Pad 39A, hopefully demonstrating that the company's first human-rated…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 booster ends launch #2 with spectacular dawn return
SpaceX Falcon 9 booster B1049 has completed its second successful launch and landing with a spectacular dawn return to Port…
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SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 landing of 2019 foreshadows rapid rocket fleet growth
Despite an unplanned landing anomaly that foiled SpaceX's last Falcon 9 recovery attempt, the company's engineers and technicians have pulled…
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SpaceX customer reaffirms third Falcon Heavy mission’s Q2 2019 launch target
Taiwan's National Space Organization (NSO) has reaffirmed a Q2 2019 launch target for SpaceX's third-ever Falcon Heavy mission, a US…
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SpaceX shows off Crew Dragon atop Falcon 9 as govt shutdown kills momentum
Late last week, SpaceX published official photos of Crew Dragon's first trip out to Launch Complex 39A (Pad 39A) atop…
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SpaceX tracks towards first launch of 2019 with flight-proven Falcon 9 static fire
SpaceX has completed a Falcon 9 static fire test ahead of the company's first launch of 2019, kicking off what…
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SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy begins to arrive at 39A as center core heads to TX
Approximately a week after a Falcon Heavy side booster - the first of two - arrived at SpaceX's LC-39A launch…
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SpaceX’s orbit-ready Crew Dragon nears first trip out to Pad 39A atop Falcon 9
Now primarily reserved for launches involving the company's Falcon Heavy rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft, SpaceX has begun touching up…
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SpaceX set for expendable Falcon 9 Block 5 launch attempt after 48 hour scrub
Following a reported bug with Falcon 9 booster sensors that triggered a launch abort on the morning of December 18th,…
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SpaceX caps major Falcon 9 Block 5 reuse with spectacular Port of LA recovery
SpaceX has completed what might be its most important Falcon 9 reuse yet after successfully launching and recovering booster B1046…
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