SpaceX Planning To Launch Starlink 6-58 Sunday Evening

SpaceX Planning To Launch Starlink 6-58 Sunday Evening

May 11, 2024Posted inAviation and Space News, Falcon 9, Space News, SpaceX, Starlink, US Space Force

Another day that ends in “y” and that means SpaceX is planning another Starlink launch from The Cape. Sunday evening, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the Starlink 6-58 mission is scheduled to liftoff, with a launch window from 8:11 PM EDT Sunday evening to 12:11 AM EDT on early Monday morning. The first stage will land offshore, meaning there will be no sonic booms in the Space Coast Area.

Starship Environmental Impact Study Public Meetings Wrap Up

March 8, 2024Posted inSpace News, SpaceX, Uncategorized, US Space Force
SpaceX Starship Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX Starship Credit: SpaceX

On March 7, 2023, the US Space Force, along with the Department of the Air Force, held the third of three in-person meetings in the Cape Canaveral / Titusville area, The purpose of the meetings was to provide information about a proposed Environmental Impact Study that would ultimately see SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy rocket launch and land at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

USSF-124 Launches Amid Emerging Reports of National Security Threat

February 15, 2024Posted inAviation and Space News, Space News, US Space Force
USSF-124 launch may be answer to national security threat
USSF-124 Launches from Pad 40, CCSFS on February 14, 2024. Photo: Mark Stone FMN

Cape Canaveral FL. – The US Space Force (USSF) launched six satellites from Pad 40 at the CCSFS late Wednesday which will bolster America’s space defense capabilities. Ironically, the 5:30 PM EST launch came within hours of breaking news regarding a potential national security threat involving Russia’s space program.

Romancing The Stars: SpaceX Plans Pair Of Valentines Day Rocket Launches

February 12, 2024Posted inFalcon Heavy, KSC, NASA, Space News, SpaceX, US Space Force
A SpaceX Falcon9 rocket lifts off from LC40 at CCSFS in Florida.
A SpaceX Falcon9 rocket lifts off from LC40 at CCSFS in Florida. Image by Richard P Gallagher

This Valentines Day, SpaceX is setting hearts aflutter with not one, but two rocket launches. The Falcon 9 rockets are scheduled to take off from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

NASA Announces Crew-9 Roster: Who Are They?

NASA Announces Crew-9 Roster: Who Are They?

February 1, 2024Posted inCrewed, Falcon 9, ISS, NASA, Space News, SpaceX, US Space Force
Crew 9 Portrait
Official NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 portrait: (L-R) Stephanie Wilson, Aleksandr Gorbunov, Nick Hague, and Zena Cardman.
NASA

NASA today announced the four astronauts that will travel aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station later this year: Zena Cardman will be the Mission Commander,  Nick Hague will be the Pilot, along with Stephanie Wilson and Russian Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov will travel to ISS no earlier than August 2024.

The US Orbited Its First Satellite 66 Years Ago Today

January 31, 2024Posted inNASA, Space News, US Space Force
Explorer 1 launching aboard a Jupiter-C Booster on January 31, 1958
Photo: NASA Archives

Cape Canaveral Every four or five days, Space Coast residents hear or see a rocket taking flight from the Cape, often carrying thirty or more satellites to low-Earth orbit. It happens so often that people will shrug and say something like, “It’s just another Starlink flight,” and not think twice about it.

SpaceX Launches Northrup Grumman NG-20 From the Cape

January 31, 2024Posted inFalcon 9, NASA, Space News, SpaceX, US Space Force
SpaceX Falcon 9 Lifts off from Pad SLC-40 at Canaveral Space Force Station on January 30, 2024.
Photo: Chris Leymarie, Florida Media Now

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Jan. 30, 2024 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 carrying the Northrup Grumman NG-20 mission toward ISS this afternoon. The launch was at 12:07 PM EST from the company’s launch pad at SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Once it had completed its part of the mission, Booster 1077 completed its tenth flight when it safely touched down at Landing Zone 1, about 5.6 miles to the south of where it launched a little more than eight minutes earlier.

ULA’s Vulcan Passes Launch Readiness Review, Cleared for Flight

January 4, 2024Posted inSpace News, United Launch Alliance, US Space Force, Vulcan
ULA Centaur stacked atop Vulcan Booster
United Launch Alliance (ULA) hoists the Certification-1 (Cert-1) payloads atop the Vulcan rocket in the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) adjacent to Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo courtesy of United Launch Alliance.

United Launch Alliance announced today that they have concluded their Launch Readiness Review for the maiden launch of their Vulcan rocket and that the mission has been cleared to proceed to its planned liftoff at 2:18 am EST on Monday, January 8th. They also added that the weather at liftoff time currently has only a 15% Probability of Violation at launch time, meaning that forecasters are calling for an 85% chance of acceptable launch conditions. The new rocket will carry the Astrobiotics Peregrine lunar lander built under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program and a secondary payload of memorials for Celestis.