SpaceX Launches Classified Space Force Mission as Falcon 9 Nails 28th Landing
SpaceX launched the classified USSF-481 mission from Vandenberg, then recovered veteran Falcon 9 booster B1081 on its 28th flight.
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SpaceX launched the classified USSF-481 mission from Vandenberg, then recovered veteran Falcon 9 booster B1081 on its 28th flight.
SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg as Falcon 9 booster B1088 made its 20th flight across science, defense and network missions.
SpaceX says its Falcon 9 and 21 SDA satellites are healthy after an automatic abort just before liftoff. Teams are resetting for October 6.
SpaceX has set September 22 for Starship's first planned orbital mission, a nearly ten-hour flight carrying 26 production Starlink V3 satellites.
SpaceX is preparing USSF-153 for a Thursday launch from Vandenberg, with veteran Falcon 9 booster B1081 assigned to fly for the 27th time.
Falcon 9 booster B1063 completed its 35th flight, landed again and deployed 27 Starlink satellites after a roughly 29-day turnaround.
Europe has expanded IRIS² to 348 satellites and accelerated its path to launch, creating a more serious strategic and commercial challenge to Starlink.
SpaceX is targeting Falcon 9 liftoffs from California and Florida less than six hours apart, with 53 Starlink satellites and two veteran boosters in the plan.
A morning Falcon 9 sent 24 Starlink satellites toward orbit, and SpaceX queued up a 7.5-ton SiriusXM satellite from Cape Canaveral for after dark the same Sunday.
A flat, disc-shaped capsule called Starfall is set to fly from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, and it could rewrite how cargo comes home from orbit.