LATEST LAUNCH OF SPACEX’S STARSHIP DEPLOYS 8 DUMMY SATELLITES, THEN SPLASHES DOWN INTO INDIAN OCEAN - SpaceX launched the latest test of its mega rocket Starship on Tuesday night and completed the first-ever deployment of a test payload — eight dummy satellites — into space. After just over an hour coasting through space, Starship splashed down as planned in the Indian Ocean. More (Source: PBS - Aug 28)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 28 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX’s sunrise launch of its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Wednesday morning sent its latest batch of broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit. The Starlink 10-56 mission featured a payload of 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites that successfully deployed roughly an hour after launch. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 7:10 a.m. EDT (1110 UTC). More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Aug 28)
SPACEX DRAGON DOCKS TO STATION DELIVERING NEW SCIENCE, SUPPLIES - At 7:05 a.m. EDT, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the forward port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module. The spacecraft carried over 5,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo to the orbiting laboratory on SpaceX’s 33rd commercial resupply services mission for NASA. The mission launched at 2:45 a.m. on Aug. 24 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. More (Source: NASA - Aug 27)
SPACEX'S STARSHIP PASSES DEVELOPMENT RUT, DEPLOYS FIRST MOCK SATELLITES - SpaceX's Starship rocket on Tuesday deployed its first batch of mock Starlink satellites in space and tested new heat shield tiles on its plunge through Earth's atmosphere, clinching development milestones that had been held up by a streak of previous testing failures. The giant 403-foot-tall (123 m) Starship system in its tenth test flight lifted off around 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT) from SpaceX's Starbase facilities in south Texas, followed by its towering Super Heavy booster releasing the Starship upper stage into space three minutes later, dozens of miles above ground. More (Source: Reuters - Aug 27)
SPACEX LAUNCHES LUXEMBOURG’S NAOS, 7 OTHER RIDESHARE SATELLITES FROM CALIFORNIA - SpaceX launched its 37th Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base this year, late Tuesday morning. The orbital flight features a defense satellite for Luxembourg along with multiple other rideshare payloads. The mission featured OHB Italia’s NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) spacecraft will fly on a southerly trajectory after taking off from Space Launch Complex 4 East. Liftoff happened at 11:53 a.m. PDT (2:53 p.m. EDT / 1853 UTC), the first opportunity in a 27-minute window. More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Aug 27)
SPACEX DRAGON CARGO CAPSULE ARRIVES AT THE ISS WITH 5,000 POUNDS OF SUPPLIES - A SpaceX cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday morning (Aug. 25). The capsule successfully docked at the forward port of the International Space Station's Harmony module carrying about 5,000 pounds (2,270 kilograms) of food, supplies and scientific experiments to the astronauts on board the orbiting lab. More (Source: Space.com - Aug 26)
SPACEX POSTPONES 10TH TEST LAUNCH OF MASSIVE STARSHIP ROCKET - Space enthusiasts will have to wait awhile longer to see SpaceX attempt the 10th launch of its massive Starship rocket, the largest type of rocket ever built. The company had been targeting a one-hour window Sunday evening to launch Starship from a SpaceX facility near Boca Chica Beach in Texas. Soon after workers started loading the rocket with propellant, however, the company announced on social media that the effort was being halted. More (Source: NPR - Aug 26)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 5,000 POUNDS OF CARGO TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, LANDS ROCKET AT SEA - A SpaceX cargo ship laden with 5,000 pounds (2,270 kilograms) of supplies launched to the International Space Station early Sunday morning (Aug. 24). A robotic Dragon capsule lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday at 2:45 a.m. EDT (0645 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in coastal Florida. The launch kicked off SpaceX's 33rd mission for NASA's Commercial Resupply Services program, hence the flight's name: CRS-33. More (Source: Space.com - Aug 25)
ROCKET LAB LAUNCHES 5 SATELLITES ON MYSTERY MISSION - Rocket Lab launched five satellites for a confidential customer this evening (Aug. 23) on the 70th overall liftoff of its Electron rocket. An Electron carrying the satellite quintet lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site today at 6:42 p.m. EDT (2242 GMT; 10:42 a.m. on Aug. 24 local New Zealand time). The mission, which Rocket Lab calls "Live, Laugh, Launch," is sending five satellites to a circular orbit 413 miles (665 kilometers) above Earth. More (Source: Space.com - Aug 25)
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