By Ben Evans, on January 20th, 2021
@SpaceX launches 1,000th Starlink, flies first 8x-used #Falcon9 & sets new launch-to-launch record for reusable orbital-class boosters. […]
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By Ben Evans, on January 19th, 2021
@SpaceX is targeting NET Wednesday for its first 8x-flown #Falcon9, shortest launch-to-launch turnaround of any orbital-class booster & 1,000th Starlink. […]
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By Ben Evans, on December 13th, 2020
@SpaceX has successfully flown a #Falcon9 a record-breaking 5th time in a single calendat year, lifting @SiriusXM #SXM7 comsat to orbit. […]
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By Ben Evans, on December 9th, 2020
@SpaceX is ready for its 25th #Falcon9 mission of 2020 on Saturday, as it lifts @SIRIUSXM #SXM7 to orbit. […]
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By Ben Evans, on October 18th, 2020
@SpaceX’s B1051 secured “Frequent Flyer Miles” this morning, becoming the 1st #Falcon9 to fly 4 times in a single year. […]
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By Ben Evans, on September 7th, 2020
With 1 launch already in the bag, @SpaceX is readying for up to 4 #Falcon9 launches in Sept, including the critical #GPSIII04 for @SpaceForceDoD […]
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By Ben Evans, on August 7th, 2020
After 3 fruitless attempts, @SpaceX resumed #Starlink launches early Friday. Also deployed were a pair of rideshare payloads on behalf of @SpaceflightInc & @BlackSky_Inc […]
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By Ben Evans, on August 4th, 2020
Six weeks later than planned, and after 3 fruitless launch attempts, @SpaceX, @SpaceflightInc & @BlackSky_Inc stand ready to fly atop #Falcon9 as soon as Thursday. […]
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By Ben Evans, on June 25th, 2020
April 2020 Starlink launch off KSC pad 39A. Photo: SpaceX
Four weeks since the triumphant ride to orbit of Dragon Endeavour crewmen Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, the Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) historic Pad 39A will reverberate again to the roar Merlin 1D+ engines as early as 4:18 p.m. EDT on Friday, 26 June, […]
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By Ben Evans, on April 22nd, 2020
It is a rare occurrence these days that SpaceX launches a mission earlier than originally forecast, but that was exactly what happened at 3:31 p.m. EDT Wednesday, when a flight-proven Falcon 9 booster roared aloft from historic Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, carrying with it another 60 Starlink low-orbiting […]
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