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[SpaceX Launches 20 Starlink Satellites From California] SpaceX launched 20 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California early Monday morning (Nov. 18). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:53 a.m. EST (0553 GMT; 9:53 p.m. local California time on Nov. 17). The Falcon 9's first stage returned to Earth as planned about eight minutes after liftoff, landing on the SpaceX droneship "Of Course I Still Love You" in the Pacific Ocean. It was the 20th launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description. Thirteen of those flights have been Starlink missions. The Falcon 9's upper stage continued hauling the Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO), deploying them on schedule about 62 minutes after liftoff. SpaceX has launched more than 100 Falcon 9 missions in 2024, about two-thirds of them devoted to building out the Starlink network. The megaconstellation currently consists of more than 6,600 active spacecraft, according to satellite tracker and astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, 283 of which are direct-to-cell capable. Source: https://lnkd.in/e49nXyKw #galaxyaerosgh #space #spaceexploration #SpaceNews

[SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches Starlink Satellites On Record-Breaking 25th Flight] SpaceX continues to extend its rocket-reuse record. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 of the company's Starlink broadband satellites, including 13 with direct to cell capabilities, launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today (Jan. 10) at 2:11 p.m. EST (1911 GMT). It was the 25th mission for the rocket's first stage, setting a new mark for the company. Fourteen of those flights have been Starlink missions, according to a SpaceX mission description. The first stage came back to Earth about eight minutes after liftoff today as planned. It touched down in the Atlantic Ocean, on the SpaceX drone ship "Just Read the Instructions." The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued carrying the Starlink spacecraft to low Earth orbit. It's scheduled to deploy them about 65 minutes after liftoff. Starlink is the largest satellite constellation ever deployed and is growing all the time. It currently consists of more than 6,870 active spacecraft, about 400 of which have direct-to-cell capability, according to satellite tracker and astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell. Today's launch wias the fifth Falcon 9 mission of 2025. Last year, SpaceX launched more than 130 flights with the workhorse rocket, about two-thirds of them Starlink missions. Source: https://lnkd.in/eG3_UUS9 #galaxyaerosgh #space #spaceexploration #SpaceNews

[SpaceX Launches 21 Starlink Satellites To Orbit From Florida] SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast today (Jan. 27). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cellphone capability, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 5:05 p.m. EST (2205 GMT). The Falcon 9's first stage returned to Earth about eight minutes after liftoff as planned, touching down in the Atlantic Ocean on the SpaceX drone ship "A Shortfall of Gravitas." Today's flight was the 20th launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description. Eleven of its 20 flights have been Starlink missions. The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued carrying the 21 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. It will deploy them there about 65 minutes after liftoff. SpaceX has now launched 12 Falcon 9 missions in 2025, eight of them Starlink flights. The Starlink megaconstellation the biggest ever assembled currently consists of more than 6,900 operational spacecraft, according to astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell. Source: https://lnkd.in/eTGCu4PE #galaxyaerosgh #space #spaceexploration #SpaceNews

[SpaceX Launches 21 Starlink Internet Satellites From Florida, Lands Rocket At Sea] SpaceX launched 21 Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast early Monday morning (Dec. 23) and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft 13 of which can beam service directly to cellphones lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today at 12:35 a.m. EDT (0535 GMT). The Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth as planned, touching down in the Atlantic Ocean about eight minutes after launch on the SpaceX droneship "Just Read the Instructions." It was the 15th liftoff and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description. Eight of those flights have been Starlink missions. The Falcon 9's upper stage continued hauling the 21 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit, where they will be deployed about 65 minutes after launch. Monday morning's Starlink launch was the 129th Falcon 9 mission of 2024. About two-thirds of those flights have been devoted to building out the Starlink broadband megaconstellation, which current consists of more than 6,800 active satellites. Source: https://lnkd.in/esvpNM2k #galaxyaerosgh #space #spaceexploration #SpaceNews

[SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Broadband Satellites To Orbit From Florida] SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast this evening (Oct. 23). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today. SpaceX had been targeting Tuesday (Oct. 22) but called that try off due to weather concerns. The Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth about eight minutes after liftoff as planned, landing on the SpaceX drone ship "A Shortfall of Gravitas" in the Atlantic Ocean. It was the 18th launch and landing for this particular booster, and its 13th Starlink mission overall, according to a SpaceX mission description. The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued hauling the Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO). It will deploy them there about 65 minutes after liftoff, if all goes to plan. SpaceX currently operates more than 6,400 Starlink satellites in LEO, according to astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell. But that number is ever-growing, as today's launch shows. SpaceX has now conducted 99 Falcon 9 missions in 2024 so far, and more than two-thirds of them have been devoted to building out the Starlink megaconstellation. Source: https://lnkd.in/efDWZpNG #galaxyaerosgh #space #spaceexploration #SpaceNews

[SpaceX Launches 30 Satellites On Bandwagon-2 Rideshare Mission] SpaceX launched 30 satellites to orbit early Saturday morning (Dec. 21). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday at 6:34 a.m. EDT (1134 GMT; 3:34 a.m. local California time), kicking off a rideshare mission SpaceX calls Bandwagon-2. Thirty satellites went up on Bandwagon-2, including payloads for South Korea's Agency for Defense Development as well as "Arrow Science and Technology, Exolaunch, HawkEye 360, Maverick Space Systems, Sidus Space, Tomorrow Companies Inc., True Anomaly and Think Orbital," SpaceX wrote in a mission description. SpaceX has launched one Bandwagon mission already Bandwagon-1, which sent up 11 satellites this past April. The company also launches other rideshare missions with a series it calls "Transporter." SpaceX has launched 11 Transporter missions to date. The first one, which flew in January 2021, lofted 143 satellites to orbit, a single-launch record that still stands. As to plan on Saturday, the Falcon 9's first stage returned to Earth about eight minutes after launch, landing vertically back at Vandenberg. It was the 21st flight for this particular booster, according to the SpaceX mission description. That's just three away from the company's rocket-reuse record. SpaceX did not give a timeline for the deployment of the 30 satellites. Source: https://lnkd.in/ecmUW2W7 #galaxyaerosgh #space #spaceexploration #SpaceNews

[SpaceX Launches 21 Starlink Satellites From Florida, Lands Booster For 15th Time] SpaceX launched another set of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast this morning (Jan. 13). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink craft, including 13 with direct to cell capabilities, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 11:47 a.m. EST (1647 GMT). The first stage booster returned to Earth about eight minutes after liftoff, touching down in the Atlantic Ocean on the drone ship "A Shortfall of Gravitas." It was the 15th launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description. Eight of its 14 flights to date have been Starlink missions, while two of them were crewed astronauts missions to the ISS on behalf of Houston-based Axiom Space. The Falcon 9's upper stage continued carrying the Starlink spacecraft to low Earth orbit, deploying them about 65 minutes after liftoff. This morning's launch was the sixth of 2025 for SpaceX. Last year, the company launched more than 130 Falcon 9 missions, about two-thirds of them Starlink liftoffs. Source: https://lnkd.in/edjrvd2Z #galaxyaerosgh #space #spaceexploration #SpaceNews

[SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Internet Satellites From Florida] SpaceX launched another batch of its broadband satellites from Florida on Dec. 8. A Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities, from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday at 12:12 a.m. EST (0512 GMT). The rocket's first stage came down for a landing on the SpaceX droneship "A Shortfall of Gravitas" in the Atlantic Ocean about eight minutes after launch as planned. It was the second liftoff and touchdown for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description. The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, successfully deployed the 23 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) as planned. Sunday morning's launch was the 123rd Falcon 9 liftoff of the year. Nearly 70% of these missions have been devoted to building out the Starlink megaconstellation, the largest network of satellites ever assembled. LEO currently houses more than 6,800 operational Starlink spacecraft, about 350 of which are capable of beaming service directly to cellphones. Source: https://lnkd.in/eauGiZ-W #galaxyaerosgh #space #spaceexploration #SpaceNews

[SpaceX Bounces Back From Falcon 9 Failure With Successful Starlink Launch] SpaceX wasn't grounded for long. The company launched 23 of its Starlink broadband satellites from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday (July 27) at 1:45 a.m. EDT (0545 GMT). It was SpaceX's first liftoff since July 11, when a Falcon 9 suffered an upper-stage failure that led to the loss of 20 Starlink spacecraft. The Falcon 9's first stage returned to Earth on Saturday about eight minutes after launch as planned. It made a vertical touchdown on SpaceX's Just Read the Instructions drone ship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. It was the 17th launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description. Thirteen of its flights have been Starlink missions. The rocket's upper stage, meanwhile, continued hauling the 23 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO). It deployed them right on schedule, about 63 minutes after launch, SpaceX confirmed via X. The July 11 failure resulted from a leak of liquid oxygen, which prevented the Falcon 9's upper stage from performing an orbit-raising burn as planned. SpaceX's anomaly investigation found the likely cause of that leak — a crack in a line for a pressure sensor in the liquid-oxygen system. Source: https://lnkd.in/e5-TZiVF #galaxyaerosgh #space #spaceexploration #SpaceNews

[SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Satellites In Nighttime Liftoff] SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit early Wednesday morning (April 10). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday at 1:40 a.m. EDT (0540 GMT). About 8.5 minutes later, the rocket's first stage came back to Earth, touching down at sea on the SpaceX droneship Just Read the Instructions. It was the second launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description. Its lone previous liftoff sent SpaceX's four-astronaut Crew-8 mission toward the International Space Station on March 5. The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued hauling the 21 Starlink satellites toward low Earth orbit (LEO). The spacecraft will be deployed in LEO 65.5 minutes after liftoff, if all goes according to plan. SpaceX has now launched 36 orbital missions in 2024. Two-thirds of those flights have been devoted to building out the Starlink megaconstellation, which currently consists of nearly 5,700 operational satellites. Source: https://lnkd.in/e7pujQ83 #galaxyaerosgh #space #spaceexploration #spacenews