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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Starlink 10-62 mission on Sunday, March 22, 2026. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

Update March 22, 11:54 a.m. EDT (1554 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 29 Starlink satellites.

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Live coverage: NASA to roll its SLS rocket back to the launch pad ahead of planned April flight of Artemis 2

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft roll away from the Vehicle Assembly Building atop the Mobile Launcher 1 and crawler-transporter 2 on Friday, March 20, 2026. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now

NASA’s Moon rocket began heading back to the launch pad after repairs inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 322-foot-tall Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, atop the 400-foot-tall Mobile Launcher, will start the slow trek to the pad Thursday night.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the first stage booster, 1067, stands at Launch Complex 39A on Aug. 27, 2025, ahead of the 30th flight of this booster. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX is preparing for its 35th Starlink mission of the year, which will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday morning.

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SpaceX reaches 10,000 simultaneous Starlink satellites in orbit following Falcon 9 launch from California

A batch of SpaceX’s 25 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites are shown in low Earth orbit ahead of deployment during the Starlink 17-24 mission on March 16, 2026. Image: SpaceX

Update March 17, 3:10 a.m. EDT (0710 UTC): SpaceX confirms satellite deployment.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on St. Patrick’s Day morning

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) ahead of the launch of the Starlink 8-11 mission on Sept. 4, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

SpaceX is kicking off the St. Patrick’s Day holiday on Tuesday with a Falcon 9 rocket launch, flying from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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NASA Administrator teases further Artemis program updates in one-on-one interview

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (right) speaks with Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith (left) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to discuss the Artemis program and other agency initiatives. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now

NASA has it’s sights set on launching the Artemis 2 mission no earlier than April 1. The determination came following the conclusion of a two-day, agency-level review of the Moon-bound flight, which took place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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NASA ready for another shot at launching Artemis 2 moon mission

Technicians and engineers perform prelaunch work on the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft inside the Vehicle Assembly Building on Feb. 26, 2026. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

NASA plans to haul its Artemis 2 moon rocket back out to its seaside launch pad next week to ready the huge booster for blastoff as early as April 1 on a delayed-but-historic flight to send four astronauts on a nine-day trip to the moon, the agency announced Thursday.

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SpaceX launches 25 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the Starlink 17-31 mission on March 13, 2026. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Friday morning, carrying 25 broadband internet satellites for SpaceX’s low Earth orbit megaconstellation.

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SpaceX launches Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral on cloudy Saturday morning

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars above the clouds during the Starlink 10-48 mission, which lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on March 14, 2026. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now

Update March 14, 9:49 a.m. EDT (1349 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 29 Starlink satellites.

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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg SFB Sunday

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East to begin the Starlink 17-18 mission on Sunday, March 8, 2026. Image: SpaceX

Update March 8, 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 25 Starlink satellites.

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NASA inspector general assesses agency’s management of moon lander risk

An artist’s impression of an Apollo-era lunar module (left) and moon landers being built by Blue Origin (center) and SpaceX (right). Graphic: NASA Office of Inspector General

NASA is working to reduce the risks of upcoming Artemis moon missions, but there are “gaps” in the agency’s approach, including in planned tests of some critical lander systems, the agency’s Office of Inspector General said in a report released Tuesday.

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SpaceX launches direct television satellite for EchoStar

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the EchoStar-25 mission on March 9, 2026. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

Update March 10, 1:21 a.m. EDT (0531 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the EchoStar-25 satellite.

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NASA contract confirms selection of ULA’s Centaur 5 as new upper stage for the SLS rocket

United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) Centaur 5 upper stage for the Vulcan Certification-1 (Cert-1) flight heads into pressure cell testing. Image: United Launch Alliance

NASA officially selected United Launch Alliance’s Centaur 5 as the upper stage for its Space Launch System rocket starting with the Artemis 4 mission, scheduled to launch no earlier than early 2028.

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Spanish launch startup PLD Space raises $209 million to scale its rocket production

PLD Space’s manufacturing facilities show the flow of production for its Miura 5 rockets. Image: PLD Space

Spanish startup launch company, PLD Space, raised €180 million ($209 million) in its latest funding round as it works towards the inaugural flight of its next rocket, Miura 5.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

SpaceX is readying a Falcon 9 rocket from a pre-dawn liftoff from Cape Canaveral with a batch of Starlink internet satellites.

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SpaceX to launches 25 Starlink Satellites from the West Coast

The Falcon 9 first stage B1082 lifts off on the Starlink 17-23 from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on March 1, 2026. Image: SpaceX.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket early Sunday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying another batch of satellites for the company’s Starlink internet service.

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NASA announces major overhaul of Artemis moon program: “We’ve got to get back to basics”

Artist concept of a SpaceX Starship lunar lander on the surface of the moon. Image: SpaceX.

New NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced a major overhaul of the agency’s Artemis moon program Friday, acknowledging that the agency’s plan to land astronauts on the moon in 2028 was not realistic without another preparatory mission first to lay the groundwork.

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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

A streak shot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as its launched on the Starlink 10-41 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday, March 1, 2026. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now

Update Mar. 1, 11:03 p.m. EST (0403 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 29 Starlink satellites.

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Live coverage: SpaceX planning pre-dawn Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral of 29 Starlink satellites

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

SpaceX is planning to launch another 29 satellites for its Starlink internet service before sunrise on Friday at Cape Canaveral.

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SLS rocket hauled back to VAB for repairs

NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, carrying NASA’s Artemis 2 SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft secured to mobile launcher 1, rolls back Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to troubleshoot the flow of helium to the rocket’s upper stage, the interim cryogenic propulsion stage. Once complete, the SLS rocket will roll back to Launch Complex 39B to prepare to launch four astronauts around the Moon and back for the Artemis 2 test flight. Image: NASA/Kim Shiflett

NASA hauled its Artemis 2 moon rocket off its seaside pad Wednesday for a slow trip back to a processing facility to track down and fix a helium pressurization problem that has delayed launch of four astronauts on a flight around the moon from this month to at least April 1.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 500th Starlink satellite in 2026 during Wednesday Falcon 9 flight

File – SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands in the vertical launch position at Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of the launch of the Starlink 17-5 mission on Aug. 18, 2025. This was the ninth flight for Falcon 9 booster, tail number B1088. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX is set to launch its 500th Starlink satellite of the year during a flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base Wednesday morning.

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