Tag: SpaceX
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After second hop, SpaceX preps for next phase of Starship testing
After another Starship hop test last week, SpaceX is set to build the first prototype for the next-gen rocket’s huge first stage booster. Meanwhile, testing will commence soon on the Raptor engine model needed for orbital Starship missions. Elon Musk, SpaceX’s founder and CEO, said Aug. 31 the first test vehicle for the Starship’s “Super…
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Following Starship SN6’s hop, SN7.1 prepares to pop
With two successful 150-meter hops in the bag for SpaceX, Starship testing is preparing to enter the next phase. Starship SN6’s successful 150-meter hop followed just weeks after SN5’s achievement. While SN5 is preparing to conduct another leap, Starship SN8 is closing in on its maiden flight, this time sporting three Raptor engines, a nosecone,…
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SpaceX launches latest Starlink mission
As SpaceX continued to roll through its 2020 launch campaign, the company launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites to help complement the current constellation in low Earth orbit. The mission launched on a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket from historic LC-39A on Thursday morning. Lead image by Julia Bergeron for NSF. Starlink V1.0 L11 was…
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SpaceX Conducts First Polar Launch from Cape in over 50 Years
SpaceX has conducted the first polar launch from Florida since 1969. On board the Falcon 9 rocket was the Argentinean SAOCOM-1B satellite and two American secondary payloads. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) occurred at 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC) on Sunday. The 45th Weather Squadron predicted a 40% chance of acceptable weather for…
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SpaceX Conducts First Polar Launch from Cape in over 50 Years
SpaceX has conducted the first polar launch from Florida since 1969. On board the Falcon 9 rocket was the Argentinean SAOCOM-1B satellite and two American secondary payloads. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) occurred at 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC) on Sunday. The 45th Weather Squadron predicted a 40% chance of acceptable weather for…
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Boca work continues as SpaceX marks anniversary of Starhopper’s final flight
One year after Starhopper’s final flight, SpaceX’s Starship launch site in Texas continues to evolve to facilitate prototype development and testing. Starhopper was the first SpaceX vehicle to use its new launch facility in Boca Chica — located east of Boca Chica Village and near the beach on the Gulf of Mexico — and served…
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Boca work continues as SpaceX marks anniversary of Starhopper’s final flight
One year after Starhopper’s final flight, SpaceX’s Starship launch site in Texas continues to evolve to facilitate prototype development and testing. Starhopper was the first SpaceX vehicle to use its new launch facility in Boca Chica — located east of Boca Chica Village and near the beach on the Gulf of Mexico — and served…
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Starship SN6 fires up Raptor SN29
Starship SN6 is now into the business end of its initial test campaign, with a Static Fire test with her Raptor (SN29) engine conducted on Sunday, ahead of a hop test at the end of the week. While SN6 is out at the launch site, numerous Starships are being worked on at the Production Facility,…
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Starship SN6 fires up Raptor SN29
Starship SN6 is now into the business end of its initial test campaign, with a Static Fire test with her Raptor (SN29) engine conducted on Sunday, ahead of a hop test at the end of the week. While SN6 is out at the launch site, numerous Starships are being worked on at the Production Facility,…
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Despite winning contract, SpaceX sticks with lawsuit against feds and rocket rivals
An automated camera documents the Falcon Heavy rocket’s first ascent from Kennedy Space Center in February 2018 with SpaceX’s hangar in the foreground. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Update: A federal district judge in California ruled against SpaceX and ordered its case against the Air Force to be vacated. The order was issued under seal…