Will Robinson-Smith
Space Reporter at Spaceflight Now
Storyteller, reporter for @SpaceflightNow, movie lover, and proud @MedillSchool (Northwestern) alum. Retweets are not endorsements.
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3 days ago |
spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith
SpaceX is readying a Falcon 9 booster for a record-breaking 28th flight in the midnight hour tonight on a mission to deliver 28 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. Liftoff of fleet-leading first-stage booster 1067 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is targeted for 12:06 a.m. EDT (0406 UTC). It will be the 100th launch of a single-stick Falcon 9 rocket from this pad. Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about an hour prior to liftoff.
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5 days ago |
spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith
Rocket Lab is looking to demonstrate the reusability of its forthcoming Neutron rocket next year with a so-called ‘return-to-Earth’ mission no earlier than 2026. Ahead of its first quarter 2025 earnings call on Thursday, the company announced a new contract for the mission signed with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
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5 days ago |
spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith
SpaceX is aiming to launch its 900th Starlink satellite of the year, but is facing some challenging weather during its window of opportunity Saturday morning. The Starlink 6-91 mission will add another 28 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites to the constellation of more than 7,400 satellites currently in low Earth orbit. This will also be SpaceX’s 250th Falcon 9 rocket launch to date from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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5 days ago |
spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith
SpaceX is preparing for first Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force of the month, after previously scrubbing the flight nearly a week ago. The Starlink 15-3 mission was previously schedule to launch on Saturday, May 3, before SpaceX pushed it a day and then punted to Friday, May 9. The company didn’t state a reason for the launch delays. When it lifts off, the Falcon 9 rocket will fly a south-easterly trajectory from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E).
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1 week ago |
spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith
Matthew Anderson, the chief growth officer for the Space Force Association (SFA), an independent nonprofit with the mission of “advocating for and supporting the U.S. Space Force,” was nominated on Tuesday by President Donald Trump for the NASA Deputy Administrator position.
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