SpaceX Launches Ovzon 3 From Cape Canaveral

SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 4, 2024.
Photo: Charles Boyer
SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 4, 2024. The missio n is carrying a powerful telecommunications satellite for the Swedish company Ovzon
Photo: Charles Boyer / FMN

A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying a telecommunications satellite for Swedish-American company Ovzon lifted off from Pad SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Station at 6:04pm EST this evening. After carrying its part of the mission, the booster used for the mission returned for a successful landing at Space-X’s Landing Zone 1 only a short distance away.

A True Space Jellyfish Is Rare …But You Might See One Tomorrow

A space jellyfish as seen in May 2022.
A space jellyfish as seen from 110 miles away in the predawn sky. It appears as an expanding tear in the fabric of the night sky. Photo: Mark Stone/FMN

Cape Canaveral, FL– January 2, 2024 .There’s a pretty good chance that tomorrow night’s Falcon 9 launch will produce a beautiful phenomenon known as a “space jellyfish”. Many observers, who believe they have frequently seen the phenomenon called a jellyfish before, actually saw something else instead….

What’s In Store for the First Launch of 2024? Only the most powerful GEO satellite ever…..

A Falcon 9 Launches from LC 40
A SpaceX Falcon9 rocket lifts off from pad LC40. Image by Richard P. Gallagher/FMN
Next Up: The Ovzon-3 mission is scheduled to launch on 1-3-2024 at 6:04pm from LC40  

The Ovzon-3 mission involves the launch of the first privately funded and developed Swedish geostationary satellite. As you can imagine, it’s quite a big deal for Sweden, as the country joins the international community of commercial spaceflight.

All Eyes Turn to the Next Major Launch- ULA’s Vulcan/ Peregrine Mission

Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander is encapsulated in the payload fairing, or nose cone, of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket on Nov. 21, 2023, at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander is encapsulated in the payload fairing, or nose cone, of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket on Nov. 21, 2023, at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo: NASA

2023 ended on a high note for NASA with the dual launches of a Falcon Heavy containing the X-37B space plane and a Falcon 9 Starlink mission less than three hours later. That’s a hard act to beat, but now all eyes are turning to another major launch set for January 8th.

Cygnus To Depart ISS Friday

Cygnus Spacecraft to Depart ISS Friday
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo craft is pictured moments away from being captured by the Canadarm2 robotic arm controlled by NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg from inside the International Space Station.

Not to be confused with the Crew Dragon scheduled to depart the ISS on Thursday night, NASA has issued a news release on the departure of Cygnus Friday morning.

SpaceX Dragon Undocks from ISS Tonight -UPDATED

ICrew Dragon Module of CRS-29 approaches ISS in November.
SpaceX Dragon Approaches ISS after November Launch

UPDATED: Now set for 5:05PM Thursday due to bad weather in the recovery area.

Dragon to Return from ISS with Key Scientific Payload

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft is set to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) tonight at 9:05 p.m. EST. NASA will provide coverage of the undocking beginning at 8:45PM EST on NASA TV, Youtube, and the agency’s website.

SpaceX Alumni Have Collectively Formed More Than 100 New Startups

Falcon 9 lifiting off from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center in 2023.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy carrying the NASA Psyche mission to orbit in 2023.
Photo: ©2023 TJ Waller / Florida Media Now.

Innovation is foundational at SpaceX, the California-based company founded by Elon Musk in 2002. Not only has the company written a veritable laundry list of firsts, bests and mosts, it has also served as a cradle for former employees to start their own high-tech firms. Several SpaceX alumni startups are prospering, while others are still developing products and preparing to enter the marketplace.