Tag: Falcon 9

SpaceX flies Falcon 9 rocket booster for record 9th time

According to a TechCrunch report, the launch also set a record for SpaceX for its Falcon 9 rocket reusability programme, since it was the ninth flight and ninth landing for this particular first-stage booster.

March 15, 2021

Musk’s SpaceX successfully deploys US GPS satellite into orbit

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbed into orbit on Sunday with the GPS 3 satellite designed to beam higher-power positioning, navigation and timing signals around the world.

December 24, 2018

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 with first broadband internet satellites

SpaceX has completed another launch of its Falcon 9 rocket with first two prototype satellites of its global broadband internet-in-space project, Starlink, successfully deployed in orbit. “First two Starlink demo satellites, called Tintin A & B, deployed and communicating to Earth stations,” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted, Xinhua news agency reported. A used Falcon 9...

February 26, 2018

SpaceX launches first two demo satellites for global broadband internet project on Falcon 9

US private flight company SpaceX on Thursday launched its first two test satellites for its global broadband internet in space project. A used Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Space Launch Complex 4E at California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base, carrying Spain’s PAZ, a radar-imaging satellite, and two SpaceX test satellites for global broadband, Xinhua news...

February 23, 2018

Elon Musk’s SpaceX to now launch Falcon 9 rocket on February 21

Elon Musk-run SpaceX will now launch its Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink broadband satellites and the Paz radar-imaging satellite for Spain on Wednesday. Earlier scheduled for February 17, SpaceX delayed the launch, saying more time was needed for final checks of the Falcon 9 rocket’s upgraded payload fairing, Space.com reported late on Sunday. “Team at...

February 19, 2018