SpaceX, low Earth orbit and Starlink
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The SpaceX rocket lifted off at 8:36 p.m. from its launchpad at the California base and reached low Earth orbit about 8½ minutes later.
When is the rocket launch? SpaceX to send its next batch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California.
A bright light flying across the night sky Monday caught the eyes of many San Diegans. SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket around 8:30 p.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. The rocket launch could be seen from all across San Diego County,
The third rocket launch of June from California could be widely visible in the sky, with sonic booms audible for some residents.
Depending on weather and clouds, a rocket launch from NASA Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral may be seen from Daytona to West Palm Beach, Florida
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Ax-4 is scheduled to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT). That's a one-day delay; SpaceX had been targeting Tuesday morning (June 10) but pushed things back due to expected high winds in the area.
The upcoming mission will be Axiom Space’s fourth privately funded crewed mission to the ISS. The Texas-based company also has a contract with NASA to develop habitable modules that can be attached to the space station, with a plan for the modules to become part of a free-flying, commercially funded orbital facility.
United Launch Alliance scrubbed Monday an attempt for what would have been its second launch of the year, another mission for Amazon’s effort to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink internet