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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 27 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 preparing to launch its 260th orbital flight from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the predawn hours of Sunday.

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Next Starship explodes on test stand

Starship Ship 36 explodes at SpaceX’s Massey test flight on June 18, 2025. Image: LabPadre Space.

SpaceX’s next Starship vehicle was destroyed in a catastrophic explosion shortly after 11 p.m. CT (0400 UTC) Wednesday as it was being readied for a static fire test at the company’s Massey facility, near Starbase, Texas.

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Firefly Aerospace aims to deploy first commercial lunar imaging service

An artist’s interpretation of Firefly Aerospace’s Elytra spacecraft with the Ocula imaging service on display. Illustration: Firefly Aerospace

Firefly Aerospace is preparing for its next mission to the Moon and it hopes to, once again, make history, but this time, even before it reaches the lunar surface.

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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 to begin the Starlink 10-18 mission on June 18, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

Update June 18, 3:15 a.m. EDT: SpaceX confirms deployment of the 28 Starlink satellites.

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SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base shortly after sunset on June 16, 2025, to begin the Starlink 15-9 mission. Image: SpaceX

Update June 17, 1:35 a.m. EDT: SpaceX confirmed deployment of the Starlink satellites.

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Live coverage: ULA to launch Atlas 5 rocket with 2nd batch of Project Kuiper satellites for Amazon

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 551 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the Kuiper Atlas 2 (KA-02) mission launch. Image: Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now

It’s round two for both United Launch Alliance and its customer, Amazon. Monday, June 16, will be ULA’s second Atlas 5 launch of the year and the second batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites launched to date.

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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars through the skies away from Florida to deliver 23 Starlink satellites during the Starlink 12-26 mission on June 13, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

Update 12:26 p.m. EDT: SpaceX confirmed the landing of its Falcon 9 booster on its droneship.

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SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

A Falcon 9 launches from SpaceX’s West Coast launch pad carrying 26 Starlink satellites. Image: SpaceX.

SpaceX launched its latest batch of 26 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit on Thursday nightfrom Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

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SpaceX to debut its fifth and final Crew Dragon spacecraft on Axiom Mission 4

SpaceX rolls its newest Crew Dragon spacecraft along with the rest of the Falcon 9 rocket stack out to the pad at Launch Complex 39 on June 7, 2025, ahead of the launch of Axiom Mission 4. Image: SpaceX

The forthcoming private astronaut mission to the International Space Station managed by Axiom Space is not only its fourth such flight, but it also marks the swan song for a key part of the manufacturing side of SpaceX’s business.

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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 12-24 mission on June 10, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

Update June 10, 11:19 a.m. EDT: SpaceX confirms deployment of the Starlink satellites.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch fourth commercial Axiom mission to the space station

The four astronauts of Axiom Mission 4 pose together amid a dry dress rehearsal of launch day activities. Left to right: Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, Commander Peggy Whitson, Mission Specialists Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski. Image: SpaceX

Update June 9, 7 p.m. EDT: Added comments from SpaceX on the readiness of the Falcon 9 rocket and the latest launch weather outlook

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at pad 4E ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX is preparing to launch its 70th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year on Sunday morning. Onboard are 26 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, which will be deployed into low Earth orbit.

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Further delays of Starliner’s next flight mark anniversary of its first crewed Space Station docking

The Boeing Starliner spacecraft is lifted at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Image: NASA/Kim Shiflett

One year ago today, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked with the International Space Station to begin its long-awaited Crew Flight Test with NASA astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore onboard.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch SXM-10 satellite for SiriusXM 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 preparing to launch its first customer mission of the month on Friday night with a Falcon 9 flight heading to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.

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ispace’s Resilience lander crash lands on the Moon

The ispace Resilience lunar lander is pictured after it was integrated into the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle adapter about a week ahead of its launch on Jan. 15, 2025. Image: SpaceX via ispace

In a horrible case of deja vu, Japan-based company ispace got to the finish line with its robotic lunar lander, but was unsuccessful in safely touching down on the Moon’s surface.

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Live coverage: ispace makes second attempt at historic Moon landing



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

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in launch position at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX

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.

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Rocket Lab to launch BlackSky’s next Gen-3 satellite on Electron rocket from New Zealand

Rocket Lab conducted a wet dress rehearsal tanking test of its Electron rocket at Pad A at its launch complex in New Zealand on May 26 ahead of the ‘Full Stream Ahead’ mission for BlackSky. Image: Rocket Lab

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).

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Live coverage: SpaceX reschedules Starlink delivery mission for midnight hour Tuesday

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket for the Starlink 12-19 mission seen on the pad at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station awaiting launch. Image: Spaceflight Now

Update June 2, 3:12 p.m. EDT: Added updated forecast information.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

File: A Falcon 9 stands ready to launch the Starlink 12-5 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Image: Spaceflight Now.

SpaceX is watching an active period of solar activity as it hopes to launch 23 Starlink satellites in the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning.

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President Trump withdraws Isaacman nomination for NASA Administrator days before confirmation vote

Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next administrator of NASA, appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Update May 31, 11:40 p.m. EDT: Added comments from President Trump and Jared Isaacman.

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