Who's up for a late-night launch? Weather permitting, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket should be visible from the Treasure and Space Coasts after liftoff.
If we're being frank, which is how we roll in the Rocket Report, some of Orbex's recent activity does not inspire confidence. The company, for example, suspended plans to develop a spaceport at Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands to focus resources on developing the Prime microlauncher.
A SpaceX launch is set for Wednesday night, with a satellite being sent into orbit in an effort to improve communications across the globe.
The company hopes to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center. The rocket will carry and send the SpainSat NG I, a Spanish telecommunications satellite, into orbit. If needed, SpaceX has arranged for a backup launch window for Thursday night.
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast today (Jan. 27). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cellphone capability, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 5:05 p.m. EST (2205 GMT).
To follow FLORIDA TODAY Space Team live coverage of Tuesday's mission, visit floridatoday.com/space starting about 90 minutes before liftoff.
NASA and its international partners have approved the crew for Axiom Space’s fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, launching from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than spring 2025.
A joint military task force recently conducted search and rescue training off Florida’s east coast as agencies prepare for an expected increase in human travel to space.
2025 is set to be an amazing year of space missions as many moon landings are planned and significant test launches.
New Chairman of Congressional subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Mike Haridopolos says it woukd be great to see NASA relocated to Florida.
Vodafone beat Elon Musk's Starlink to the punch, using Midland-made AST SpaceMobile satellites to make the first space mobile video call