Eighth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
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Second development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
See DetailsThe Superheavy booster No. 15 was successfully caught by the launch pad tower.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Orbital Launch Mount A.Ship 34 (S34) is the 2nd stage vehicle used for the eighth Starship flight test. It is the second "Block 2" Starship spacecraft with lengthened propellant tanks and forward flaps with a new design, among other enhancements.
Starship V2 DetailsSpace Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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SpaceX said today it plans to launch the ninth Starship Integrated Flight Test, IFT-9, on Tuesday, May 27. The flight follows two successive failures of the Starship second stage. Both […]
A series of aviation and marine warnings suggest the launch could be as soon as Tuesday, May 27, following the Memorial Day holiday. SpaceX has not publicly stated when it plans to launch the Starship Flight 9 mission.
The failure of SpaceX’s Starship on its most recent test flight had a different root cause than the previous failure, despite happening at about the same time. The post SpaceX blames Starship Flight 8 mishap on engine hardware failure app…
SpaceX continues to press on with pre-flight testing for Flight 9, while internally looking to… The post SpaceX press on with pre-launch testing while working Ship issue mitigation appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
A pair of Chinese satellites reported to be for "Earth observation technological testing and validation" purposes. Actual usage not known.
A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…
Firefly Alpha's Flight 7 is a test flight and return-To-Flight for the launch vehicle after its April 2025 launch failure. It will test and validate …
EchoStar 25 is a direct broadcast satellite, built on the proven Maxar 1300 series platform, which will deliver content across North America. It will…
A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 4th of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
Third flight of the KAIROS launch vehicle. 5 satellites will be on board: * TATARA-1R * SC-Sat1a * HErO * AETS-1 * Nutsat-3 (TASA/Taiwan)
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.