On 21 December, NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the Dragon CRS-24 (Commercial Resupply Services-24) spacecraft at 1007 GMT using a Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5 from the Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This marks the final launch of 2021 from...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2 Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA, at 1241 GMT on 18 December. The vehicle was carrying 52 SpaceX-built Starlink commnunications satellites. The launch used an energy expensive “dog...
A Falcon 9v1.2 Block 5 rocket successfully launched the IXPE – Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer mission for NASA on 8 December 2021. The launch took place at 0600 GMT from the former Space Shuttle Pad 39A in Cape Canaveral. The reusable first stage B1061 (on...
Marking the first launch of December a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX has lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 2312 GMT on 2 December. The mission carried a reduced Starlink count of 48 satellites – compared to the previous mission to this orbital shell...
Lithuanian small sat manufacturer NanoAvionics plans to showcase its new MP42 microsatellite platform with a multi-payload mission next year. It is planned that the mission will ride to orbit as part of a SpaceX Transporter rideshare launch in 2022. The new...
SpaceX conducted its latest mission in service of its Starlink constellation on 13 November. The launch which carried 53 satellites lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1219 GMT. The Falcon 9 rocket released the payloads into a LEO deployment orbit. From here...
