by Matt Wilson | Jan 20, 2021 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Lifting-off at 1302 GMT on 20 January, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral carrying 60 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO). The mission lasted for one hour five minutes until the satellites were deployed en masse. This marks the first...
by Matt Wilson | Jan 13, 2021 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
On 13 January SpaceX was selected by MethaneSAT LLC (part of the Environmental Defense Fund) to launch its MethaneSAT mission in late-2022. The satellite will ride on a Falcon 9 rocket and will likely be joined by other payloads considering its less than hefty mass...
by David Todd | Nov 25, 2020 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
After some weather and technical delays, a Falcon 9 launched at 0213 GMT on 25 November 2020 from the Cape Canaveral launch site (SLC-40 pad). All 60 STARLINK communications spacecraft deployed approximately 15 minutes after launch. The reusable first stage B1049...
by David Todd | Oct 26, 2020 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 vehicle carrying 60 Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA at 1531 GMT on 24 October. The launch was the 15th flight of Starlink satellites and the 14th of fully operational ones. The launch vehicle’s...
by David Todd | Oct 19, 2020 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 vehicle carrying 60 Starlink satellites from the ex-Space Shuttle Pad 39A leased from NASA at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA at 1225 GMT on 18 October. The launch was the 14th Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satelites and...