SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites
SpaceX is targeting a 4½-hour launch window for another Starlink mission from 2:21 p.m. to 6:52 p.m., an FAA operations plan advisory shows.
A SpaceX launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base caught the attention of many as it was seen across Southern California Friday morning.
Depending on weather and cloud cover, rocket launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral, Florida, can be seen from Daytona Beach to Melbourne to Vero Beach.
Keep an eye to the sky on Monday if you want a chance to see the next rocket launch from Florida’s Space Coast.
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from California's central coast today (Jan. 24). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base today, at 9:07 a.m. EST (1407 GMT; 6:07 a.m. local time).
Going forward, SpaceX is likely to offer its gigantic Starship rocket as a competitor to New Glenn, and here, the advantage shifts back to SpaceX. Bigger than New Glenn (120 meters tall versus 98) and with a wider faring to encapsulate cargo (9 meters versus 7), SpaceX's Starship will boast a massive payload advantage over Blue Origin's new rocket.
Starlink plans to start beta testing its Direct-to-Cell service. The beta test will include its global cellular partners, including T-Mobile.
SpaceX successfully sent 21 more Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit with a launch from Central Florida's Space Coast Monday.
The rest of the 400 landings have come courtesy of SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy, whose first stage consists of three modified Falcon 9 boosters. (The Heavy can notch three landings on a single mission, but it has flown just 11 times to date.)
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) – A South Florida couple said they brought special souvenirs back from their vacation in Turks and Caicos. The souvenirs were pieces of the SpaceX starship rocket that exploded last week. Elena Zavet said the pieces were a lucky find straight out of the sky.
SpaceX’s next Starlink launch and second launch of the week from California will be the Group 11-6 mission, which will launch from SLC-4E at VSFB. The four-hour launch window opens on Friday, Jan. 24, at 5:54 AM PST (13:54 UTC). The launch took place at 6:07 AM PST (14:07 UTC) carrying 23 V2 Mini satellites to LEO.