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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 50th Starlink mission of 2025 on Wednesday afternoon Falcon 9 flight from California

3 days ago | spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX is back at the launch pad for a midweek flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Starlink 11-22 mission will the company’s 50th Starlink launch of the year. Launch teams are targeting a liftoff of their Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 4:28 p.m. PDT (7:28 p.m. EDT, 2338 UTC) on Wednesday. Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about 30 minutes prior to liftoff.
Rocket Lab to launch BlackSky’s next Gen-3 satellite on Electron rocket from New Zealand

4 days ago | spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith

Rocket Lab is back at the pad in support of its customer, BlackSky, and the next launch for its Gen-3 satellite constellation. Teams are looking to launch the mission, dubbed ‘Full Stream Ahead,’ from Pad A at Rocket Lab’s launch complex in Mahia, New Zealand, at 11:57 a.m. NZT on June 3 (7:57 p.m. EDT, 2357 UTC on June 2). Rocket Lab will host a livestream of the mission beginning with the final 20 minutes of the countdown. Come back to this page later for the embedded video.
Live coverage: SpaceX reschedules Starlink delivery mission for midnight hour Tuesday

5 days ago | spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX will make another attempt Tuesday to launch its latest batch of Starlink satellites following a scrub in the pre-dawn hours of Monday. Liftoff of the Starlink 12-19 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is currently targeted for 12:42 a.m. EDT (0442 UTC) on Tuesday, June 3. Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about an hour prior to liftoff.
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

6 days ago | spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX is watching an active period of solar activity as it hopes to launch 23 Starlink satellites in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning. The launch team is gearing up for a liftoff of the Starlink 12-19 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1:01 a.m. EDT (0501 UTC). Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about an hour prior to liftoff. On Sunday, the 45th Weather Squadron forecast a 75 percent chance for favorable weather at liftoff.
President Trump withdraws Isaacman nomination for NASA Administrator days before confirmation vote

6 days ago | spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith

In an abrupt about-face on Saturday, President Donald Trump pulled the nomination of his pick for the next person to lead NASA. His nomination was days away from a vote in front of the full U.S. Senate. The withdrawal of Jared Isaacman, an entrepreneur and commercial astronaut, came less than a day after NASA published its proposed budget, which fleshes out the deep cuts forecast in the “skinny budget” previously released.
Live coverage: West Coast Falcon 9 to launch 27 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service

1 week ago | spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX is closing out the month of May with its 16th Falcon 9 launch. A Saturday afternoon launch from the company’s West Coast launch pad will carry 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. The launch team is targeting liftoff of the Starlink 11-18 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:10 p.m. PDT (4:10 p.m. EDT, 2010 UTC). Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about 30 minutes prior to liftoff.
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch GPS III-7 mission on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

1 week ago | spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith

The latest addition to the United States’ Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation is set to be launched into medium Earth orbit on Friday afternoon. The GPS III-7 Space Vehicle 08 (SV-08) will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Launch teams are targeting liftoff at 1:23 p.m. EDT (1723 UTC), the opening of a 15-minute window. Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about two hours prior to takeoff.
Cape Canaveral Spaceport Master Plan work to ramp up in summer 2025

1 week ago | spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith

Anyone who spends even a short number of days near Florida’s Space Coast can tell that the rate of launches is ramping up dramatically year over year. As of 10 a.m. EDT Wednesday morning, there were 45 completed orbital launches between NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Rob Long, the president and CEO of Space Florida, said there are about 85 launches remaining on the manifest this year, which would bring the total to 130, if all come to pass.
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

1 week ago | spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX is preparing to launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Wednesday morning. The mission, dubbed Starlink 10-32, will add 27 more satellites into low Earth orbit. This will be SpaceX’s 420th launch of a flight-proven booster. Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about an hour prior to liftoff. On Tuesday, the 45th Weather Squadron forecast an 85 percent chance for favorable weather at the beginning of the launch window.
SpaceX launches first flight-proven Super Heavy booster, loses control of Starship mid-flight

1 week ago | spaceflightnow.com | Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX hit another roadblock on its quest to “make life multiplanetary.” During the ninth flight of its integrated Starship-Super Heavy rocket on Tuesday, the vehicle once again failed to complete a full flight as intended, losing its ability to control its orientation a little more than 20 minutes into the flight. SpaceX pulled away from showing live imagery from the upper stage for about 10 minutes.