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SpaceX's Starship to deploy mock satellites in next test

Elon Musk's SpaceX said on Friday its upcoming Starship test flight would include the rocket's first attempt to deploy payloads in space by releasing 10 model Starlink satellites, a key demonstration for Starship's potential in the satellite launch market.

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SpaceX's last launch of 2024 puts Starlink satellites into orbit (video)

A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 21 Starlink broadband internet satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, is poised to lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday (Dec. 30). The 3.5-hour launch window opens at 12 a.m. EST (0500 GMT).

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Next Starship Flight to Test Starlink Deployments With Dummy Satellites

During its next test, currently scheduled for Jan. 10, the Starship vehicle will carry a payload meant to replicate 10 next-generation Starlink satellites.

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New ship, new year: SpaceX to deploy model Starlink satellites on next Starship launch

SpaceX is significantly upping the ante of its Starship test flight program, with the next rocket launch expected to demonstrate payload deployment for the first time. The payload in question will be 10 Starlink “simulators” that will be similar in size and weight to the next-gen satellites SpaceX plans to use Starship to deploy in

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SpaceX achieves record-breaking 2024, looks ahead to 2025

Similar to its pad turnaround operations, SpaceX made great progress with its booster turnaround times in 2024. While in 2023, the average turnaround time of a booster was between 40 to 45 days, in ...

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Exciting Experience Sliding Down The SpaceX Launch Pad Emergency Chute

SpaceX's Launch Pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida has been fitted with a chute for astronauts to ...

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SpaceX launch on final day of 2024 raises Space Coast tally to 93 for the year

SpaceX put the final countdown in the books for the Space Coast early Tuesday, adding one more to the record pace of launches ...

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FBI investigating threats to blow up a SpaceX Starship rocket at Boca Chica facility

The FBI is investigating apparent threats to SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach outside Brownsville.

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Why sonic booms from the most powerful rocket ever built have some scientists worried

“It set off car alarms,” Pulsipher said of the sonic boom emitted during SpaceX’s Flight 5 Starship test flight when the Super Heavy booster landed back at its launchpad. From Pulsipher’s ...

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Study to examine environmental impacts of increased SpaceX launches from Vandenberg

A new environmental study is intended to support the continued increase of SpaceX launches from a California spaceport, but ...

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Launch recap: SpaceX reattempts Astranis launch from Florida early Sunday

Should all go well, SpaceX is targeting another Starlink launch from Kennedy Space Center tomorrow night. Update 11:13 p.m.: Christian Keil, VP of Astranis, has shared this video of the Falcon 9 ...

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SpaceX launches final rocket of 2024 No immunity in Arizona election case Gunfire wounds 6 people at NYC store Police name subway fire attack victim

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A SpaceX rocket launched early Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Center, adding one more to the record pace of launches for 2024. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink satellites ...

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Blue Origin looks to take on SpaceX dominance with New Glenn launch days away

Nearly a quarter century after its founding, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is gearing up to launch an orbital rocket for the first ...

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