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  SpaceX is set to launch the very first of its dedicated rideshare missions – an offering it introduced in 2019 that allows small satellite operators to book a portion of a payload on a Falcon 9 launch. SpaceX’s...

SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with a payload of 143 satellites aboard today. However, only a few minutes before the rocket was supposed to lift off, the launch was canceled. There was no problem with the...

[UPDATE: Today’s attempt was scrubbed due to weather conditions. Another launch window is available tomorrow at 10 AM ET] SpaceX is set to launch the very first of its dedicated rideshare missions – an offering it...

SpaceX is preparing for their third launch of 2021 and the first of many planned Smallsat Rideshare Program missions, which are designed by the company to give small satellite operators the chance to launch together as...

SpaceX's Transporter-1 mission is set to lift off on Saturday, January 23rd at 9:40am EST. [credit: Trevor Mahlmann ] As early as Saturday morning, SpaceX will launch the first dedicated mission of a rideshare...

Record Setter A SpaceX mission slated for Saturday is poised to set a new record for the most spacecraft launched on a single spaceflight, as Teslarati reports. The Transporter-1 mission, a Falcon 9 rocket launching...

SpaceX’s next spacecraft is in development in Texas, and CEO Elon Musk previously revealed that the company was planning to build floating spaceports for Starship operations, after a job ad was posted looking for...

As the second SpaceX launch of the year, and the first of many Starlink missions scheduled to launch in 2021, the company is set to launch the Starlink v1.0 L16 mission — the 16th launch of operational satellites and...

SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, January 19 for its first Starlink launch of 2021, and you can watch it live online. The private space company led by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is aiming to launch a Falcon 9 rocket...

Intuitive Machines (IM) has chosen SpaceX and the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket for its second moon mission. At present, both of the Intuitive Machines missions headed to the moon in the next three years will be launched by...

Falcon to the Moon SpaceX just won a contract to launch a commercial lunar lander backed by NASA, SpaceNews reports. The lander is being built by autonomous drone systems company Intuitive Machines as part of its IM-2...

SpaceX began the global launch year with the flight of Türksat 5A, a Turkish communications satellite. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket occurred from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida during a...

In their most active year to date, SpaceX reached several reuse milestones, further pursuing their goal of rapid reuse. SpaceX flew boosters on fifth, sixth, and seventh flights for the first time this year and...

One way SpaceX works to make placing satellites and other objects into orbit cheaper is by landing and reusing its Falcon 9 booster rockets. It has a long history of successfully landing the first stage boosters, both...

SpaceX will try a significantly different approach to landing its future reusable rocket boosters, according to CEO and founder Elon Musk. It will attempt to ‘catch’ the heavy booster, which is currently in...

SpaceX has wrapped up 2020 with a successful mission that deployed secretive spying apparatus in low-Earth orbit. Mission NROL-108 lifted off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9 a.m. ET on...

Update 11:15 AM EST: SpaceX has scrubbed the mission for today, and will look to try again tomorrow during a three-hour launch window that opens at 9 AM EST. There was an unusually high pressure reading in the upper...