Continuing its fast-paced launch, SpaceX on Sunday fired a Falcon 9 rocket with a powerful Next-Pay generation SiriusXM radio satellite, accelerating the California rocket builder’s 25th orbit flight so far this year. The first phase of the Falcon 9, making a record-breaking seventh flight, was struck by lightning at 12:30 …
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In a one-time exposure, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket caught fire ascending from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with 60 Starlink Internet relay satellites. This was the company’s 23rd launch this year, the 100th for the Workhorse Falcon 9 since the rocket’s launch in 2010 and the record seventh flight …
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket intercepted 60 more Starlink Internet relay satellites from the Kennedy Space Center along with another set awaiting Wednesday’s launch from the nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Sunday. With Sunday’s flight, SpaceX has now launched 835 Starlinks into a rapidly expanding global network, which …
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