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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California on 160th Falcon 9 flight of the year (video)
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California on Dec. 10, 2025. It was the 160th Falcon 9 flight of the year.

China breaks record with 3 Long March rocket launches in 19-hour stretch (video)
By Mike Wall published
China just launched three Long March rockets in less than 19 hours, setting a new national mark for liftoff cadence.

SpaceX launches mysterious NROL-77 mission for the US military (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched the NROL-77 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office today (Dec. 9), sending a classified satellite skyward from Florida's Space Coast.

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on record 32nd flight of Falcon 9 rocket (video)
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. It was the record 32nd flight of the Falcon's first stage.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg in California (video)
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025.

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (video)
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (Dec. 4), sending 28 of them up from California's central coast.

China's 1st reusable rocket explodes in dramatic fireball during landing after reaching orbit on debut flight
By Brett Tingley published
The first test flight of Landspace's Zhuque-3 rocket ended in a fiery explosion after successfully reaching orbit.

SpaceX can launch its Starship megarocket from Florida pad, Air Force says
By Mike Wall published
The U.S. Air Force has given SpaceX permission to develop SLC-37 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as a launch site for its Starship megarocket.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida (video)
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink broadband internet satellites launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025.

Cosmonaut removed from SpaceX's Crew 12 mission for violating national security rules: report
By Mike Wall published
Veteran cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was taken off SpaceX's Crew 12 mission to the International Space Station after violating ITAR regulations, according to the Russian publication The Insider.
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