SpaceX set for next Starship launch
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The ninth flight test of SpaceX's Starship megarocket is scheduled for later today, with an hour-long launch window opening at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT). A livestream of Starship Flight Test 9 will be available on the Space.com homepage and YouTube channel, as well as on SpaceX's Flight 9 mission page, the @SpaceX X account and X TV app.
Arizonans should have yet another chance to see a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soaring high in the sky this week following a launch from California.
Live updates from Saturday's SpaceX Starlink 12-22 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Who's up for a Florida launch? Weather permitting, a SpaceX rocket could be seen in Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island, Melbourne, Titusville after liftoff
SpaceX rocket launch from Vandenberg, California, will send Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. After liftoff, there may be sonic booms
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SpaceX has outlined its objective with the ninth launch of the world's most powerful rocket, Starship, with no catch planned for Super Heavy.
The Chinese company LandSpace launched its methane-powered Zhugque-2E rocket on Saturday (May 17), carrying a batch of six satellites to orbit.
Rocket launches are loud, and big rockets are louder. Launches used to be occasional spectacles, and not many people minded the noise.