Category Archives: Spacex

A SpaceX rocket is set to launch Thursday morning and carry a weather satellite into low-Earth orbit. The Falcon 9 rocket launch is scheduled to launch in a 10-minute window that opens at 7:25 a.m. SpaceX said people in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties might hear one or more sonic booms during the landing of the rocket's first stage booster back at Vandenberg Space Force Base Continue reading →

The Weather System Follow-on Microwave (WSF-M) space vehicle was successfully encapsulated April 8, 2024, ahead of its scheduled launch as the U.S. Space Force (USSF)-62 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., marking a major milestone on its upcoming launch into low Earth orbit Continue reading →

In a galaxy not so far away, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) strikes back. The independent federal agency, which safeguards the rights of employees and investigates violations of the National Labor Relations Act, is taking on a legion of billion-dollar corporations Continue reading →

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at sunset from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 8-1 mission on April 6, 2024. Image: SpaceX For a second time this year, SpaceX is preparing to launch another batch of Starlink satellites that support its Direct to Cell capability. Continue reading →

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A on the Bandwagon-1 rideshare mission on April 7, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein SpaceX launched the first in a new series of rideshare missions that it dubbed Bandwagon. The 11 satellites rode onboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center. Continue reading →

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket creates a vapor cone as it goes supersonic during the launch of the Transporter 2 payload from Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on June 30, 2021. SpaceX launched a military weather satellite into orbit on Thursday morning. Continue reading →

COLORADO SPRINGS Commercial space station developer Vast will use SpaceXs Starlink constellation to provide broadband connectivity for its Haven-1 station launching next year. Vast announced April 9 that it will install laser intersatellite link terminals on its Haven-1 station to enable communications with Starlink satellites. The agreement between Vast and SpaceX extends to future space stations Vast plans to develop Continue reading →

SpaceX is targeting Thursday, April 11 for Falcon 9s launch of the USSF-62 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The approximate 10-minute launch window opens at 7:25 a.m Continue reading →

SpaceX just took another step toward the next launch of its Starship megarocket. The company conducted a static fire test with its latest Super Heavy booster, the 33-engine Starship first stage, on Friday (April 5) at its Starbase site in South Texas. SpaceX announced the milestone in two Friday posts on X, which shared photos and a video of the dramatically energetic test Continue reading →

Booster B1062 lifts the OneWeb 17 Mission in 2023 Photo: Charles Boyer / ToT Starlink launches are almost as routine as airline flights these days, as SpaceX has had regular service from the Cape and Vandenberg Space Force Base in order to add to their ever-growing constellation of low-Earth orbit based communications satellites. Every few days, theres another Starlink mission Continue reading →