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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida; targets another 28 from Vandenberg today (Nov. 6, 2025)

SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Satellites on Falcon 9, Breaking Florida’s Annual Launch Record — Nov. 11, 2025

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — November 11, 2025. SpaceX capped a late‑night Falcon 9 flight with the successful deployment of 29 Starlink internet satellites and a smooth droneship landing, a mission that pushed Florida’s Space Coast to a new single‑year record for orbital‑class launches. Liftoff occurred at 10:21 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 10 (03:21 UTC on Nov. 11) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Space+1 Key facts at a glance Launch and deployment Falcon 9 climbed through clear night skies from Cape Canaveral at 10:21 p.m. EST (03:21 UTC), beginning a roughly hour‑long ascent to
11 November 2025
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Set to Launch NASA’s ESCAPADE to Mars Today (Nov. 9): Liftoff at 2:45 p.m. ET — How to Watch, Weather, Flight Plan & What’s Onboard

Blue Origin Launch Today (Nov. 10): New Glenn’s Mars Mission Scrubbed; Next Attempt Set for Nov. 12 — Time, Mission & How to Watch

Updated Monday, November 10, 2025 — Cape Canaveral, Florida Blue Origin’s second New Glenn mission — poised to send NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes toward Mars — did not fly today. After a weather scrub on Sunday, Nov. 9, the company now targets Wednesday, Nov. 12, with a 2:50–4:17 p.m. EST (19:50–21:17 UTC) launch window from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral. Blue Origin says it worked with the FAA and the range to select this new window, citing continued concerns about weather and sea-state conditions for booster recovery. Blue Origin What changed since yesterday Blue Origin stood down on Sunday
10 November 2025
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Set to Launch NASA’s ESCAPADE to Mars Today (Nov. 9): Liftoff at 2:45 p.m. ET — How to Watch, Weather, Flight Plan & What’s Onboard

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Set to Launch NASA’s ESCAPADE to Mars Today (Nov. 9): Liftoff at 2:45 p.m. ET — How to Watch, Weather, Flight Plan & What’s Onboard

Blue Origin’s heavy‑lift New Glenn rocket is poised for its second orbital mission this afternoon, carrying NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft on a path toward Mars along with a Viasat communications demo. The launch window opens at 2:45 p.m. ET (19:45 UTC) from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station; Blue Origin’s official webcast begins ~45 minutes before liftoff. Blue Origin Key facts at a glance How to watch the New Glenn ESCAPADE launch What’s launching: ESCAPADE, NASA’s twin Mars probes ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) is NASA’s first multi‑satellite mission to another planet, led by
9 November 2025
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Space Race Heats Up: Secret Satellite Launches, Mega‑Mergers & Cosmic Breakthroughs (July 14–15, 2025 Roundup)

SpaceX Shatters Launch Records with 28 Starlink Satellites, Leaving Rivals in the Dust

SpaceX’s Latest Starlink Launch: Routine but Remarkable SpaceX’s latest launch of 28 Starlink satellites might have seemed routine by now – one of several launches the company performs each month – but it underscored just how far SpaceX has pushed the boundaries of rapid, reusable spaceflight. The mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral before dawn on September 25, 2025, carrying a batch of 28 of SpaceX’s “Starlink V2 Mini” satellites destined for low Earth orbit space.com. Within about 64 minutes, all 28 satellites were successfully deployed to join the ever-growing Starlink constellation, adding another layer
25 September 2025
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SpaceX: Comprehensive Overview of History, Technologies, Missions, and Future Plans

SpaceX’s Epic Weekend: Starship Launch Countdown, Dragon Boosts ISS, Starlink Smashes Records

Starship Flight 10, a 400-foot-tall Starship/Super Heavy stack, is scheduled to liftoff Aug. 24 at 7:30 p.m. EDT from SpaceX’s Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, for its 10th flight test, with a Super Heavy booster equipped with 33 Raptor engines. After liftoff, the Super Heavy booster will detach and perform a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico instead of landing on catch arms, testing a new water-landing engine configuration. The Starship upper stage will ignite its own engines to reach space and attempt its first-ever payload deployment, releasing a batch of dummy Starlink satellites. SpaceX plans to reignite one
24 August 2025
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SpaceX Wins $81.6 Million U.S. Space Force Deal to Launch WSF-M2 Weather Satellite in 2027

SpaceX Wins $81.6 Million U.S. Space Force Deal to Launch WSF-M2 Weather Satellite in 2027

The USSF-178 task order is an $81.6 million NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 award to SpaceX to launch WSF-M2 on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg SFB in the first half of FY2027, including a BLAZE-2 rideshare. This award marks SpaceX’s third consecutive Lane 1 win under NSSL Phase 3, following two earlier Lane 1 awards totaling $733.5 million for SDA and NRO missions. WSF-M2 is the second Ball Aerospace–built microwave weather satellite, following WSF-M1 (USSF-62) which flew on a Falcon 9 on 11 April 2024, with Ball renamed to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems after the 2024 acquisition. Each
29 June 2025
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