Tag: stage separation

SpaceX targets February for third Starship test flight

AerospaceJanuary 10, 2024

NEW ORLEANS — SpaceX expects to conduct the third integrated test flight of its Starship vehicle in February as it works to demonstrate key...

Federal agencies caught in environmental crossfire over Starship launches

AerospaceDecember 15, 2023

WASHINGTON — Several organizations have filed a new complaint about the environmental impacts of SpaceX Starship launches even as government agencies face criticism for...

SpaceX delays first Starlink satellites with direct-to-cell capability

AerospaceDecember 14, 2023

Update 6 p.m. EST: The launch is on hold and no new launch date has been announced. Update 1:13 a.m. EST: SpaceX delayed the launch...

Super Heavy-Starship climbs high but falls short on second test flight

AerospaceNovember 18, 2023

SpaceX’s gargantuan Super Heavy-Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, blasted off on its second test flight Saturday and while the initial stages of...

Starship/Super Heavy lifts off on second flight

AerospaceNovember 18, 2023

Updated 2:30 p.m. Eastern with additional comments. BERLIN — SpaceX’s Starship vehicle reached space on its second integrated test flight Nov. 18 but broke apart...

SpaceX poised for ‘mid-November’ launch of second Starship test flight

AerospaceNovember 3, 2023

More than half a year after its first flight, SpaceX believes it’s on the cusp of getting to launch its Starship rocket for a...

Lost in Space | SPAC Feed

SPACSOctober 15, 2023

Happy Sunday Friends! Space Launch firm Rocket Lab now faces a challenging journey over the next year. With only a few firms in this high-stakes...

Atlas 5 launches Amazon Kuiper satellites for tests of space-based internet service

AerospaceOctober 6, 2023

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off Friday and boosted a pair of prototype internet satellites into orbit for Amazon’s Kuiper program,...

Falcon 9 beats the weather to launch 22 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral

AerospaceSeptember 29, 2023

Updated 11:15 p.m. EDT (0230 UTC): Falcon 9 launches deploys satellites. Falcon Heavy static fire slips to Saturday. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Friday...

Radar-imaging satellite lost as Rocket Lab Electron rocket suffers launch failure

AerospaceSeptember 19, 2023

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket, carrying a radar-imaging satellite for Capella Space, failed on Tuesday after a problem occurred two and half minutes into...