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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 19, 2023 - Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) has announced a significant breakthrough in launch pad technology with the completion of its Arnhem Space Centre Advanced Launch Pad (ASCALP) designs. This developm

Firefly has scrubbed today's (Dec. 20) planned Alpha rocket launch due to weather concerns. The company has not yet announced a new target date.

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 19, 2023 - Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) has announced a significant breakthrough in launch pad technology with the completion of its Arnhem Space Centre Advanced Launch Pad (ASCALP) designs. This developm

Although SpaceX’s massive Starship and Super Heavy is still exploding mid-air during test flights, the fixes made to the launch pad have both company founder Elon Musk and NASA happy and could bode well for a pad planned for Florida’s Space Coast. “Just inspected the Starship launch pad and it is in great condition!” Musk posted on X after the most recent orbital launch attempt of the ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — There’s no chance SpaceX or United Launch Alliance will accidentally hit Santa Claus with their big rockets over Christmas as both companies have delayed the next launches of the Falcon Heavy and Vulcan Centaur. SpaceX announced it would target no earlier than Dec. 28 for the launch of its powerhouse Falcon Heavy that came within an hour of liftoff this past week at Kennedy ...

Here’s a look back at 2023’s most significant events at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida:

SpaceX is standing down from attempting to launch its powerhouse Falcon Heavy for now citing the need for “systems checkouts” while weather would have been an issue the next couple of days, and has already delayed a Falcon 9 launch as well. After already delaying a Sunday attempt to launch Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A because of weather and then scrubbing a Monday ...

SpaceX held off a Sunday night attempt to send up its fifth Falcon Heavy launch of the year, delayed it for a day and now aims for Monday night.

SpaceX is holding off a Sunday night attempt to send up its fifth Falcon Heavy launch of the year delaying for a day and now aiming for Monday night. Flying for only the ninth time ever, the Falcon Heavy is slated to lift off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A during a 10-minute window that opens at 8:14 p.m. A backup during the same window is available Tuesday night. The payload for ...

SpaceX is holding off a Sunday night attempt to send up its fifth Falcon Heavy launch of the year delaying for a day and now aiming for Monday night.