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Blue Origin's second attempt to launch its New Glenn rocket was postponed due to weather, with a new window set for November 12. The launch aims to send NASA's ESCAPADE probes to Mars, marking a significant step in deep-space exploration and testing Blue Origin's reusable booster technology. The company worked with the FAA to schedule the launch amid regulatory adjustments during a government shutdown.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 successfully launched the Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission, carrying 18 payloads to low Earth orbit, and the first stage landed safely at Cape Canaveral, exemplifying the company's routine rocket reusability and advancing affordable access to space for various stakeholders.
Honda, traditionally known for cars, successfully launched and precisely landed a reusable rocket in Japan on its first try, marking a significant step into space exploration with ambitions for suborbital flights by 2029 and collaborations on lunar power systems, showcasing its engineering prowess and innovative spirit.
Blue Origin moved its New Glenn booster 'Never Tell Me the Odds' to Cape Canaveral for its second launch, aiming to support NASA's Mars-bound EscaPADE mission, with plans for booster recovery and future reuse.
SpaceX is set to perform its 500th Falcon booster recovery during a Starlink satellite launch from Kennedy Space Center, with the booster expected to land on the drone ship 'Just Read the Instructions' after liftoff scheduled for 8:32 a.m. EDT, amid favorable weather conditions and ongoing efforts to reuse rockets for increased launch frequency.
SpaceX successfully launched 28 Starlink satellites into orbit using a Falcon 9 rocket, which achieved its 400th successful droneship landing, marking a significant milestone in reusable rocket technology. The launch was part of SpaceX's ongoing efforts to expand its satellite internet network and develop next-generation rockets like Starship.
SpaceX successfully launched the European weather satellite MTG-Sounder using a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, with the first stage landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic, marking its ninth reuse. The satellite will orbit in geostationary orbit to improve weather prediction and monitor air quality over Europe and North Africa.
SpaceX successfully launched the SXM-10 satellite for SiriusXM using a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, which landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic; this marks SpaceX's eighth launch and landing for this booster in 2025, and the satellite will join SiriusXM's broadcasting constellation.
SpaceX successfully launched the SXM-9 satellite for SiriusXM radio using a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The launch marked the 180th successful recovery of a SpaceX orbital class rocket, with the first stage booster landing on the "Just Read the Instructions" drone ship. This mission is the 19th flight for this booster, which has previously supported various missions including Starlink launches. The SXM-9 satellite, designed by Maxar Technologies, will enhance SiriusXM's satellite network.
China's state-owned main space contractor, CASC, is developing reusable rockets and plans to catch them using constricting wires instead of landing legs, with the aim of debuting the first two reusable rockets in 2025 and 2026. This approach is part of China's lunar and human spaceflight plans, and several other commercial firms in China are also working on their own reusable rockets.
SpaceX successfully launched 23 Starlink internet satellites into orbit from Florida's Space Coast on Leap Day, marking the 11th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage. The rocket's booster landed at sea on the drone ship Just Read The Instructions for future use. SpaceX aims to build a megaconstellation of up to 42,000 satellites in low Earth orbit to provide global, high-speed internet access directly from space.
SpaceX successfully launched Ireland's first satellite, EIRSAT-1, and a South Korean reconnaissance satellite as part of a mission that included a total of 25 satellites. The Falcon 9 rocket, which marked SpaceX's 250th successful recovery of an orbital class rocket, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The first stage of the rocket landed at Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg. The South Korean satellite, called 425 Project EO/IR, is part of a set of five that SpaceX has been contracted to launch by 2025. EIRSAT-1, built by students from University College Dublin, carries payloads including a gamma ray detector and an evaluation of protective coatings.
SpaceX successfully launched 22 Starlink satellites into orbit using a Falcon 9 rocket, which then returned and landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the seventh launch and landing for this particular booster. The upper stage of the rocket will deploy the satellites into low Earth orbit. Another SpaceX launch scheduled for the same day was scrubbed due to an undisclosed issue and is now targeted for Friday.
SpaceX successfully launched 22 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, marking the sixth flight for the first stage booster. The booster landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. This was SpaceX's 209th overall landing of an orbital-class rocket.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully landed for the 200th time after launching the Transporter-8 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The landing was captured on video and shows the booster coming down at Vandenberg's Landing Zone-4. The Falcon 9 first pulled off a rocket landing during an orbital mission in December 2015.