With the launch Friday and another Falcon 9 flight Monday (this one with a booster on its 15th mission), SpaceX has launched Falcon 9 rockets 423 times. The fleet leader, Booster No. 1,067, has now launched 457 satellites and eight astronauts over its 25 flights.
The second Florida launch of 2025 is set to light up the sky on Sunday afternoon.
SpaceX has lined up its first launch from Kennedy Space Center for the year on Wednesday morning. A Falcon 9 carrying 21 Starlink satellites is targeting a 10:27 a.m. liftoff from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A during a window that runs until 2:17 p.m. with additional opportunities on Thursday beginning at 9:59 a.m.
The second launch of 2025 is set to lift off this afternoon from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40.
NASA-backed private stations rise, India nears crewed flight, China eyes new milestones, and SpaceX pushes Starship’s limits.
Blue Origin could try again to send up its New Glenn rocket for the first time with an overnight launch early Thursday, but the weather forecast could pose problems. The heavy-lift rocket for Jeff Bezos’ company is trying to become a competitor for SpaceX and United Launch Alliance.
The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch Alliance and the debut of Blue Origin’s New Glenn,
Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos in 2000, was poised to launch its first orbital rocket before technical issues led to a scrub.
Blue Origin launched its towering New Glenn rocket for the first time early Monday, in a crucial milestone for Jeff Bezos’ space company.
Blue Origin ran into problems trying to send up its New Glenn rocket on its debut launch from the Space Coast early Monday and ultimately scrubbed the attempt. The company said it would give it