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SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites, misses booster landing Users can now take part in Starlink Beta program Tags:  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX plans to continue weekly launches of 60 Starlink satellites at a time with the latest batch launching Monday night. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base Monday night carrying more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. [RELATED COVERAGE: ] However, about 8 minutes after launch, the Falcon 9 booster missed its landing opportunity on a drone ship at sea, breaking SpaceX’s successful landing streak...

The hopes of two launches in under five hours and then two within two days have been dashed with the latest SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch delay.

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Feb. 5 with additional launch delay. A Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Thursday, while another Falcon 9 stands in the foreground on pad 39A for liftoff this weekend. Credit: SpaceX One of the two Falcon 9 rockets SpaceX planned to take off in a span of less than five hours earlier this ...

SpaceX launches first of twin Starlink missions, 45th Space Wing’s busy year continues February 3, 2021 SpaceX launched their Starlink v1.0 L18 flight, or 19th Starlink mission, from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday, 4 February at 01:19 EST (06:19 UTC). This is scheduled to be followed by a second Starlink mission from nearby LC-39A just under 28 hours later, keeping SpaceX on track to achieve their planned 48 launches this year while the Eastern Range and 45th Space Wing of the United States Space Force remain on target to reach their own goal of supporting at l...

SpaceX launches fourth Starlink mission of 2021 By Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida early Thursday with the mission to send a cluster of 60 Starlink communication satellites into low-Earth orbit. The 21-story, two-stage rocket launched at 1:19 a.m. EST Thursday from Complex 40 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Advertisement While weather at the launch site was favorable, officials said they had to keep an eye on the region of the Atlantic Ocean where the football field-size drone boat named "Of Course I Still Love You" rec...