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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 11,000th Starlink satellite to date on Thursday

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 11,000th Starlink satellite to date on Thursday

Spaceflight Now January 29, 2026
SpaceX currently has more than 9,500 Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit. Liftoff of the Starlink 17-19 mission from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space For...
OQ Technology plots smartphone test amid SpaceX’s C-band D2D push

OQ Technology plots smartphone test amid SpaceX’s C-band D2D push

SpaceNews January 28, 2026
OQ Technology is preparing to deploy a small satellite to test using C-band to connect smartphones from LEO, joining SpaceX in a push to repurpose th...
SpaceX launches GPS satellite for U.S. Space Force

SpaceX launches GPS satellite for U.S. Space Force

SpaceNews January 28, 2026
Mission marks third consecutive GPS launch reassigned from ULA to SpaceX The post SpaceX launches GPS satellite for U.S. Space Force appeared first o...
EBAD PRM Payload Release Module Family Demonstrates Scalable, Low-Shock Separation Capability on Falcon 9 Twilight Rideshare Mission

EBAD PRM Payload Release Module Family Demonstrates Scalable, Low-Shock Separation Capability on Falcon 9 Twilight Rideshare Mission

SpaceNews January 27, 2026
SIMSBURY, Conn., January 26, 2026 – Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense Company (EBAD) announced the successful flight and actuation of its Payloa...
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch GPS 3 satellite following switch from ULA Vulcan rocket

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch GPS 3 satellite following switch from ULA Vulcan rocket

Spaceflight Now January 26, 2026
This will be the third launch of a GPS satellite in as many years. Liftoff of the GPS 3-9 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is...
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 25 Starlink satellites to polar, low Earth orbit

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 25 Starlink satellites to polar, low Earth orbit

Spaceflight Now January 25, 2026
The Starlink 17-20 mission will be the seventh Starlink mission this year. Liftoff from pad 4E is scheduled for 7:38:20 a.m. PST (10:38:20 a.m. EST / ...
NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to Space Station

NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to Space Station

NASA January 23, 2026
NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation to the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Friday, Jan. 30,...
Space Beyond lines up 2027 SpaceX launch for low-cost memorial cubesat

Space Beyond lines up 2027 SpaceX launch for low-cost memorial cubesat

SpaceNews January 23, 2026
Florida-based Space Beyond plans to start building its first memorial spacecraft next week after booking a launch on SpaceX’s October 2027 rideshare...
ESA to Study Falcon 9 Breakup Over Poland

ESA to Study Falcon 9 Breakup Over Poland

European Spaceflight January 23, 2026
The European Space Agency has published a call to tender for a study examining the re-entry and breakup of a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage in February l...
Teledyne detector arrays power NASAs BlackCAT CubeSat X-ray mission

Teledyne detector arrays power NASAs BlackCAT CubeSat X-ray mission

SpaceDaily January 22, 2026
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 Teledyne Technologies has confirmed that its Space Imaging division has successfully deployed Speedster HyViSI H...
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch first West Coast Starlink mission of 2026

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch first West Coast Starlink mission of 2026

Spaceflight Now January 21, 2026
The Starlink 17-30 mission will send the batch of satellites into a polar low Earth orbit. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 4E at Vandenberg Sp...
NASA Invites Media to Crew-10 Visit at Marshall

NASA Invites Media to Crew-10 Visit at Marshall

NASA January 21, 2026
NASA will host two astronauts at 10 a.m. CST Friday, Jan. 23, for a media opportunity at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Al...
Florida Starship progress with launch sites at KSC and Cape

Florida Starship progress with launch sites at KSC and Cape

NASASpaceflight January 20, 2026
Although there has been a pause in launch operations as SpaceX transitions Starship to the… The post Florida Starship progress with launch sites at ...
Atomic 6 debris shields selected for Portal Space Systems mission

Atomic 6 debris shields selected for Portal Space Systems mission

SpaceDaily January 19, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 Atomic-6 has secured a key deployment of its Space Armor tiles as the primary micrometeoroid and orbital debris pr...
Live coverage: Space Falcon 9 rocket counting down to Starlink delivery mission

Live coverage: Space Falcon 9 rocket counting down to Starlink delivery mission

Spaceflight Now January 18, 2026
SpaceX will continue the expansion of its Starlink internet network with the launch of 29 new satellites. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral in Florida is sc...
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 to Discuss Space Station Science Mission

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 to Discuss Space Station Science Mission

NASA January 16, 2026
After 167 days in space, the crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission will hold a news conference at 2:15 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 21, at the ...
Live coverage: NRO, SpaceX to launch reconnaissance satellites from Vandenberg

Live coverage: NRO, SpaceX to launch reconnaissance satellites from Vandenberg

Spaceflight Now January 16, 2026
The NROL-105 mission is the first of about a dozen missions planned for 2026 that support the NRO’s so-called proliferated architecture satellite co...
Spire adds hyperspectral sounder and Myriota payloads on SpaceX Twilight launch

Spire adds hyperspectral sounder and Myriota payloads on SpaceX Twilight launch

SpaceDaily January 16, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 Spire Global Inc has successfully launched nine satellites on SpaceXs Twilight mission from Vandenberg Space Fo...
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Wraps Up Space Station Science

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Wraps Up Space Station Science

NASA January 15, 2026
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission with agency astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, a...
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission Returns, Splashes Down off California

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission Returns, Splashes Down off California

NASA January 15, 2026
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission safely splashed down early Thursday morning in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, concluding a more than fi...