SpaceFlight Now

• SpaceX suffers rare, last-second Falcon 9 rocket launch abort

  The Starlink 17-39 mission is SpaceX’s 85th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:49 a.m. PDT (10:49 a.m. EDT / 1449 UTC).

• Post-ignition anomaly causes abort of SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13

  The mission will also test out a series of improvements to the launcher to help push it closer to full reusability. Liftoff from pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, was aborted at ignition due to an engine-related issue.

• SpaceX launches 21 communications satellites for the Space Development Agency

  The Tranche 1 Transporter Layer E (T1TL-E) mission was the third batch of operational satellites launched to support the SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture satellite constellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 1:32 p.m. PDT (4:32 p.m. EDT / 2032 UTC).

• SpaceX launches a flight-proven Falcon booster for 600th time

  The Starlink 10-45 mission added another 29 broadband internet satellites to SpaceX’s low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 5:10 a.m. EDT (0910 UTC).

• SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg

  The Starlink 15-14 mission will add another 27 broadband internet satellites to the low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 6:28:17 p.m. PDT (9:28:17 p.m. EDT / 0128:17 UTC).