SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Apr 5, 2025, 1:28 PM ET (1728 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Thursday night. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:02 pm EDT (0102 GMT Friday) and placed 27 Starlink satellites into orbit. The launch was scheduled for Tuesday but postponed by weather. The launch marked the third flight in 23 days of the same Falcon 9 booster, which conducted launches for NASA and the NRO last month.
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Thursday night. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:02 pm EDT (0102 GMT Friday) and placed 27 Starlink satellites into orbit. The launch was scheduled for Tuesday but postponed by weather. The launch marked the third flight in 23 days of the same Falcon 9 booster, which conducted launches for NASA and the NRO last month.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
Roscosmos replaces cosmonaut on next Crew Dragon mission to ISS
Posted: Sat, Dec 6 9:45 AM ET (1445 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Saturday, December 20
Lockheed Martin secures Tracking Layer contract from Space Development Agency
PR Newswire — 7:41 am ET (1241 GMT) SDA Hands Out $3.5B for 72 New Missile Tracking and Defense Satellites
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 7:40 am ET (1240 GMT) SDA awards $3.5B across 4 contracts for next phase of missile tracking satellites
Defensescoop — 7:40 am ET (1240 GMT) Rocket Lab Moves Into Missile Defense With SDA Tranche 3 Award
Aviation Week — 7:39 am ET (1239 GMT) L3Harris Wins US Contract to Bolster Missile Tracking in Space
Bloomberg News — 7:39 am ET (1239 GMT) |
