SpaceX is seeking a rapid return to Falcon 9 launches following a rare failure of its workhorse rocket during a satellite launch last week.
NRO is the agency that builds and launches satellites in the US to provide intelligence data to the intelligence agencies, lawmakers, and the Defense Department. According to Elon Musk’s aerospace company, a total of 147 Falcon 9 rockets have been launched; however, it’s only 107 that lande...
Since the rocket's debut in 2010, SpaceX has chalked up 194 Falcon 9 launches overall — 198 including four triple-core Falcon Heavies — putting together a string of 179 straight successful flights since the company's only in-flight failure in 2015. A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Vand...
Falcon 9 launches first commercial telecom payload A kerosene-fueled Falcon 9 launch vehicle owned and operated by SpaceX climbed away from Florida's Space Coast on Tuesday, steering into orbit more than 50,000 miles above Earth with a television broadcasting satellite in a successful flight signal...
seven more launches this month. Given China’s ambitious manifest and far greater resources, it’s possible that SpaceX won’t catch up before the end of 2021, but the lone company and its reusable Falcon 9 workhorse rocket are still on pace to launch 40 times (or more) this year alone...
The only real competition for Falcon Heavy is the United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket, a triple-core launch vehicle with nine total launches under its belt since its 2004 debut. Aside from one test launch for NASA, all of DIVH’s operational flights have been tasked with...
The rocket has two crewed launches coming up relatively soon — the private Polaris Dawn effort to low Earth orbit on July 31 and the Crew-9 mission to the ISS for NASA sometime next month. Those target dates could slip as a result of Thursday night's anomaly, but the wait likely won...
SpaceX has been landing and refurbishing their Falcon 9 boosters, with the end goal of operating their rockets more like cargo aircraft. Today, while it might go unnoticed to those who aren’t closely following the space industry, the bulk of the company’s launches are performed with booster...
The spaceflight company led by Elon Musk has so far conducted 129 Falcon 9 launches, two Falcon Heavy launches, and three Starship launches. Three more Falcon 9 missions are planned before the end of the year, making for a grand total of 137 launches for 2024 -- way more than the 98 la...
According to SpaceX, the new Block 5 rocket will be able to fly 10 times with only inspection and minimal maintenance between launches, and 100 times in total before needing to be replaced. In addition, the Block 5 can be reflown within 24 hours of recovery. ...