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The Falcon 9 first-stage booster landed aboard SpaceX's drone ship Just Read the Instructions out on the Atlantic Ocean, wrapping up its 11th flight.

A Federal Aviation Administration advisory outlines a Starlink 6-26 mission launch window extending between 6:23 and 10:54 p.m. EDT Friday.

SpaceX's Starlink 6-25 mission marked the record 59th orbital launch this year from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center.

ABL Space Systems has been quiet since the company conducted its first launch attempt in January, which resulted in the rocket crashing back down to Earth a little over 10 seconds after liftoff. In a detailed blog post on Wednesday, CEO Harry O’Hanley described in detail the investigation the company conducted after the launch failure and the major upgrades it introduced to the RS1 rocket and GS0 ground system as it nears another launch attempt. ABL is developing two systems: the lightw...

Check back for live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch coverage updates posted on this page, starting 90 minutes before the launch window opens.

China added a secretive trio of new satellites to its clusters of Yaogan orbital reconnaissance spacecraft on Oct. 6.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 22 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast this evening (Sept. 29), and you can watch the action live.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has closed its investigation into the first flight of SpaceX's giant Starship vehicle, which ended with a bang this past April.

SpaceX gave its new Starship water-deluge system, which is designed to protect the launch pad against the superpowerful rocket, its first full-up test on Friday (July 28).

See these gorgeous photos of SpaceX rolling its Starship Super Heavy booster to the launch pad for testing.