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space1 month ago•68 min saved

SpaceX hits 35th reuse milestone with Falcon 9 booster (video)

SpaceX launched Booster 1067 for the 35th time from Cape Canaveral, carrying 29 Starlink satellites, setting a new rocket-reuse record and later landing on the drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas' as part of SpaceX’s ongoing Starlink mission cadence. The flight brings Falcon 9’s yearly tally to 66 flights and 660 total missions, inching toward NASA’s shuttle-era record of 39 reuse flights; a separate Falcon 9 mission from Vandenberg also flew 21 Starlink satellites and two Starshield satellites on Sunday.

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space2 months ago•74 min saved

SpaceX readies Falcon Heavy for first launch in 18 months with ViaSat-3 F3 mission

SpaceX will launch its heavy-lift Falcon Heavy for the first time in about 18 months from Cape Canaveral on April 27, delivering the ViaSat-3 F3 satellite to geostationary transfer orbit; the two side boosters are expected to land back at Cape Canaveral about eight minutes after liftoff, while the central core will not be recovered, with live coverage starting around 10:21 a.m. ET.

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launches-and-spacecraft2 months ago•73 min saved

Blue Origin preps New Glenn for first booster reflights with NG-3 static fire

Blue Origin fired up its New Glenn rocket in a 19-second static test at Cape Canaveral ahead of NG-3, a mission designed to refly a previously flown booster and push the two-stage vehicle toward its first reflights; the company replaced all seven first-stage engines on the refurbished booster and added upgrades including a thermal protection system on one nozzle, with NG-3 slated to launch Sunday carrying a Block 2 AST SpaceMobile satellite to low Earth orbit.

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launches-and-spacecraft4 months ago•53 min saved

Firefly Alpha returns to flight with 'Stairway to Seven' test from Vandenberg

Firefly Aerospace is bringing its Alpha rocket back to flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base with the Stairway to Seven test mission, a two-stage launch to validate first- and second-stage performance ahead of its Block II upgrade; no operational payload will be flown. The lift-off window opens about 7:50 p.m. ET today (4:50 p.m. local), with NASASpaceflight and Space.com streaming the event; this flight follows Alpha's 2024 mishaps—a booster split and an upper-stage propellant loss—after which the FAA cleared Alpha to resume flights.

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