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Elon Musk has revealed some information about the first orbital flight of the Starship rocket system. As it turned out, the explosion was delayed. SpaceX launched the Starship spacecraft with a Super Heavy rocket (in both cases, prototypes were used) on April 20. The test went wrong from the very beginning. During the launch, the […]
SpaceX waited for the right weather conditions and sent three satellites into space using a Falcon Heavy. This is only the sixth mission in the history of Elon Musk’s big rocket. Over the weekend, we wrote that SpaceX had postponed the launch of the mission due to dense fog. The Falcon Heavy was launched on […]
SpaceX has finally sent a new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit. 46 spacecraft were launched only on the third attempt. The launch was originally scheduled for April 25, but had to be postponed to April 26. Then the launch was postponed for another day. On April 27, despite the thick fog, the Falcon 9 […]
SpaceX has completed its 23rd successful launch since the beginning of 2023. The Falcon 9 rocket launched the Intelsat40e satellite from Maxar Technologies into orbit. The launch took place on April 7 at 07:30 (EET). This was the fourth launch for the first stage, which returned to Earth and landed in the Atlantic Ocean. The […]
It looks like the first orbital flight of the Starship spacecraft is just around the corner. SpaceX has already sent it to the launch pad in Texas. Elon Musk has postponed the date of the spacecraft’s orbital flight several times. Recently, the SpaceX CEO said that the first flight would be a failure with a […]
SpaceX has put on a double St. Patrick’s Day celebration by launching two orbital missions in one day on Friday (March 17). The show began at 3:26 p.m. ET (21:26 Kyiv time) when SpaceX launched 52 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit from the U.S. Space Force’s Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Broadcast of the […]
The head of the SpaceX company once again reminded about the planned debut launch of the Starship spacecraft. The first commercial application is expected in 2025. What is known Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that the first test launch of Starship will take place in March 2023, if all tests are successful. If the schedule […]
The American aerospace company SpaceX sent another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit. For Falcon 9 rockets, the launch was the 200th successful launch. Falcon 9 launched its 200th successful mission, and delivered another 53 SpaceX Starlink satellites to orbit this morning pic.twitter.com/HlXSzVRPip — SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 2, 2023 The rocket launched from the site […]
A mysterious “burst” of light temporarily shone in the night sky above Hawaii’s Mauna Kea. Experts believe that this is related to the launch of SpaceX. A stunningly neat “vortex” of light, reminiscent of a spiral galaxy, was observed by residents of Hawaii in the sky last week. According to some data, the unique optical […]
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) set a new record on September 26. It launched the Falcon 9 rocket with the heaviest payload in history. Currently, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is the only medium-lift rocket capable of landing and being reused. It has become a real workhorse for the company for various missions, such as Starlink satellite […]