SpaceX has scrubbed tonight's Falcon 9 launch attempt at Cape Canaveral due to unfavorable launch and recovery weather. There's a 90% chance of good weather for a launch opportunity tomorrow with the Amazonas Nexus communications satellite. spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/04/spa
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SpaceX is now targeting the end of the window, at 9:32pm EST (0232 GMT), for the launch of Hispasat's Amazonas Nexus communications satellite. See the rocket in the pad in our Launch Pad Live stream: youtube.com/live/i_8BZdKkr
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With cloud cover and rain showers at Cape Canaveral, countdown clocks have been adjusted to target 7:32pm EST (0032 GMT) for liftoff of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Hispasat's Amazonas Nexus communications satellite.
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Mission preview story: spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/04/spa
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A nearly five-ton satellite for the Spanish company Hispasat is ready for launch from Florida Sunday, weather permitting, on a SpaceX rocket, starting a mission to beam in-flight internet and other telecom services over the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean. spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/04/spa
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Twenty years ago, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart high over Texas on the way to landing in Florida, killing seven astronauts in a tragedy with long-lasting consequences that still reverberate across the space program. spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/01/20-
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Astronauts Nicole Mann and Koichi Wakata concluded a 6-hour, 41-minute spacewalk today, completing the assembly and installation of mounting fixtures for new solar arrays scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station on a SpaceX mission in June. spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/02/iss
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Stats for this morning's SpaceX launch with 53 Starlink internet satellites:
• 211th launch by SpaceX's Falcon rocket family
• 201st launch of Falcon 9 configuration
• 155th flight from Launch Complex 39A
• 8th SpaceX launch of 2023
Read more: spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/02/fal
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Continuing work left over from a spacewalk last month, astronauts Nicole Mann and Koichi Wakata are working outside the International Space Station today to finish preparing for the arrival of new solar arrays later this year. Watch here: spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/02/iss
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SpaceX confirms separation of 53 more Starlink internet satellites from their Falcon 9 launcher after a successful flight into orbit from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX has now launched 3,875 Starlink satellites to date. spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/02/fal
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 first stage -- numbered B1069 -- settled on the deck of a drone ship northeast of the Bahamas after launching from Florida. This was the fifth flight for this booster.
The upper stage injected 53 Starlink satellites into parking orbit.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:58am EST (0758 GMT), carrying another batch of 53 Starlink internet satellites into orbit. spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/02/fal
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T-minus 2 minutes. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is fully loaded with a million pounds of kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants. Watch as the Falcon 9 takes flight from Kennedy Space Center with 53 Starlink internet satellites: youtube.com/watch?v=4Ie8Mo
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T-minus 8 minutes. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will head southeast from Kennedy Space Center after liftoff, on track to deliver 53 Starlink internet satellites to low Earth orbit.
The first stage will land on a drone ship northeast of the Bahamas.
youtube.com/watch?v=4Ie8Mo
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T-minus 20 minutes. SpaceX continues loading kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants into the Falcon 9 rocket at Kennedy Space Center. Watch live: youtube.com/watch?v=4Ie8Mo
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We're streaming live from Kennedy Space Center as SpaceX counts down to launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with 53 Starlink internet satellites at 2:58am EST (0758 GMT). Watch here:
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SpaceX has updated the target launch time for the Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 5-3 mission this morning. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center in Florida is now set for 2:58am EST (0758 GMT). Watch: spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/02/fal
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SpaceX’s launch team in Florida is counting down to an overnight blastoff early Thursday, with a Falcon 9 rocket set to loft 53 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 2:43am EST (0743 GMT). spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/02/fal
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SpaceX is raising a Falcon 9 rocket vertical on Launch Complex 39A in Florida this morning. This is in preparation for a launch with 53 more Starlink internet satellites at 2:43am EST (0743 GMT) Thursday. Watch live views of the pad: youtube.com/watch?v=i_8BZd
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SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday from California with 49 Starlink internet satellites and a rideshare space tug for the Italian company D-Orbit, itself carrying three tech demo experiments and cremated human remains.
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Separation of 49 new Starlink satellites from the Falcon 9 rocket, completing the 70th launch primarily dedicated to deploying spacecraft for the the commercial global internet network.
SpaceX had to wait for a ground station pass to confirm separation.
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SpaceX confirms separation of a rideshare orbital transfer payload from the Italian company D-Orbit. This rideshare passenger hosts payloads from customers in the United States, Germany, Switzerland, and New Zealand.
Starlink deployment is next.
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The upper stage engine on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has completed a brief two-second burn to reshape its orbit to a more circular path around Earth.
Next up will be separation of D-Orbit's orbital transfer vehicle, followed by 49 Starlink satellites.
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SpaceX's first stage booster has landed on a drone ship west of Baja California, completing this rocket's seventh trip to space. The upper stage has delivered 49 Starlink satellites & a ridehsare payload to a parking orbit, with another burn still to come. spaceflightnow.com/2023/01/31/fal
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has released its first stage booster to return to a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. And the payload fairing has also jettisoned for recovery by a ship downrange. spaceflightnow.com/2023/01/31/fal
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Liftoff of SpaceX's 200th Falcon 9 rocket mission with 49 Starlink internet satellites and a rideshare payload for the Italian company D-Orbit. spaceflightnow.com/2023/01/31/fal
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T-minus 90 seconds. Second stage liquid oxygen loading is complete. The Falcon 9 rocket is fully fueled for launch, and weighs around 1.2 million pounds awaiting liftoff on SpaceX's Starlink 2-6 mission.
Watch live: spaceflightnow.com/2023/01/31/fal
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T-minus 8 minutes. Today's launch will mark the 200th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket since its debut on June 4, 2010.
It's the 210th launch overall for SpaceX's Falcon rocket family, and the company's 34th launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Coverage: spaceflightnow.com/2023/01/31/fal
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Venting visible at SpaceX's launch pad in California suggests the liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket remains on track for 8:15am PST (11:15am EST; 1615 GMT) on the Starlink 2-6 mission.
SpaceX has not provided any updates on the countdown.
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T-minus 60 minutes. SpaceX teams in California are counting down to launch at 8:15am PST (11:15am EST) of a Falcon 9 rocket with 49 Starlink internet satellites and a rideshare payload for the Italian company D-Orbit. spaceflightnow.com/2023/01/31/fal
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The next SpaceX launch from California was delayed again from today until 8:15am PST (11:15am EST; 1615 GMT) tomorrow to "allow additional time for pre-launch checkouts," the company said. A Falcon 9 rocket will loft 49 Starlink internet satellites. spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedul
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SpaceX has delayed the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with 49 Starlink internet satellites from California from today until Monday. The launch time Monday is set for 8:34am PST (11:34am EST; 1634 GMT).
Launch schedule: spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedul
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A Falcon 9 rocket thundered off a launch pad at Cape Canaveral before dawn Thursday with 56 Starlink internet satellites, setting a record for the heaviest cargo ever flown on a SpaceX rocket at more than 38,000 pounds, or 17.4 metric tons.
Read more: spaceflightnow.com/2023/01/26/fal
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SpaceX confirms deploy of 56 Starlink internet satellites from the Falcon 9 rocket in orbit. SpaceX has launched 3,773 Starlink satellites to date.
This view from earlier in the mission shows the Starlinks backdropped by an orbital sunrise.
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The 56 Starlink internet satellites should have deployed from the Falcon 9 rocket's upper stage by now, but SpaceX won't be able to confirm the milestone until a ground station pass in the next half-hour or so. spaceflightnow.com/2023/01/26/fal
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SpaceX's reusable booster, numbered B1067, landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean around eight-and-a-half minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral.
At the same time, Falcon 9's upper stage arrived in orbit with 56 Starlink internet satellites.
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Here's a view of staging on this morning's Falcon 9 mission. The first stage booster began a descent to a landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The upper stage continued into orbit with 56 Starlink internet satellites. spaceflightnow.com/2023/01/26/fal
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Liftoff of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Starlink 5-2 mission, hauling a heavyweight payload of 56 Starlink internet satellites into orbit. spaceflightnow.com/2023/01/26/fal
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T-minus 5 minutes. This will be the ninth flight of B1067, one of SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 boosters. Watch the Starlink 5-2 mission take off from Cape Canaveral: youtube.com/watch?v=tFxNET
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T-minus 10 minutes. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will head southeast from Cape Canaveral this morning, flying northeast of the Bahamas on a path to place 56 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit.
Falcon 9's booster will land on a drone ship.
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T-minus 18 minutes. Propellant loading on the SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket continues at Cape Canaveral. Kerosene fuel is fully loaded onto the second stage, and liquid oxygen will soon begin flowing into the second stage. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=tFxNET
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