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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Florida
Posted: Sat, Nov 9 10:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)
Falcon 9 launch on 2024 Nov 7 (SpaceX) SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites Thursday after several days of delays. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 3:19 pm EST (2019 GMT) and deployed 23 Starlink satellites. A problem with ground equipment supplying helium to the rocket's first stage scrubbed a launch attempt Sunday and the company postponed a launch attempt Wednesday.


SpaceX sets Nov. 18 launch date for sixth Starship test flight
Posted: Sat, Nov 9 9:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)
Starship IFT5 landing (SpaceX) SpaceX plans to perform the next Starship test flight as soon as mid-November. The company announced Wednesday that the sixth integrated test flight of Starship/Super Heavy is scheduled for the afternoon of Nov. 18 from the Starbase launch site at Boca Chica, Texas. The upcoming flight will feature incremental changes from the previous flight in October, including doing an in-flight relight of a Raptor engine on Starship and testing changes to the vehicle's thermal protection system. The afternoon launch, rather than a morning liftoff of previous flights, will enable a splashdown in the Indian Ocean during daylight hours. SpaceX also plans to catch the Super Heavy booster back at the launch tower on this flight.


Gilmour Space gets Australian launch license
Posted: Sat, Nov 9 9:53 AM ET (1453 GMT)
Gilmour Space has received a license from the Australian government for its first orbital launch. The company said Tuesday that the Australian Space Agency had...


Rocket Lab launches satelite for confidential customer
Posted: Sat, Nov 9 9:52 AM ET (1452 GMT)
Rocket Lab carried out an Electron launch this morning for a confidential customer. The Electron lifted off at 5:54 am EST (1054 GMT) from...


Australian government cancels military satellite program
Posted: Sat, Nov 9 9:51 AM ET (1451 GMT)
The Australian government has canceled a multibillion-dollar military satellite contract with Lockheed Martin. The Australian Department of Defence said Monday it was canceling the...





Thursday, November 21
See Mars make a close pass to the moon tonight
SPACE.com — 12:22 am ET (0522 GMT)
ISS fires thrusters to dodge hunk of space junk
SPACE.com — 12:20 am ET (0520 GMT)
Icy Rivers May Have Flowed on Ancient Mars
Sky & Telescope — 12:16 am ET (0516 GMT)
Gateway Tops Off
NASA — 12:11 am ET (0511 GMT)


Waiting for Launch ebook



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