#b1062

Booster B1062 comes to a firey end after its 23rd flightPhoto: via SpaceX livestream Fresh off of the delay of the Polaris Dawn’s 3:38 AM launch Wednesday morning, thanks to unfavorable weather in the abort zones, SpaceX made the decision to continue with the launch of Starlink mission 8-6, slated for launch at 3:48 AM. While the launch and deployment of the Starlink satellite payload went off…

Booster B1062 lifts the OneWeb 17 Mission in 2023 Starlink launches are almost as regular as airline flights these days, as SpaceX has had regular service from the Cape and Vandenberg Space Force Base in order to add to their ever-growing constellation of low-Earth orbit based communications satellites. Key to the regular pace of their launches is the reuseability of the company’s Falcon 9…

#ICYMI, yesterday SpaceX launched the Egyptian #Nilesat301 spacecraft into a geosynchronous transfer orbit using its #Falcon9 rocket

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Nilesat 301 communications satellite into space. Credit: Theresa Cross / Spaceflight Insider At 5:04 p.m. EDT (21:04 UTC) June 8, 2022, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the Egyptian Nilesat 301 satellite bound for geostationary orbit. (more…)