Falcon 9 News
Latest Falcon 9 news and analysis — 19 articles tagged Falcon 9 on The Robotics Media.
- SpaceX Launches Starlink 15-22 From Vandenberg After Florida Falcon 9 Sunset — — SpaceX lofted 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg early August 26, 2026 on booster B1082's 24th flight, one day after the company's last planned Fa...
- SpaceX Ends Falcon 9 Starlink Launches From Florida, Hands Baton To Starship — — SpaceX's Tuesday Starlink 10-49 mission from Cape Canaveral was the last planned Falcon 9 launch of Starlink from Florida, VP Kiko Dontchev said, with...
- SpaceX Booster B1067 Sets 37-Flight Reuse Record On Starlink 10-49 Cape Canaveral Launch — — SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral early Tuesday carrying 29 Starlink 10-49 satellites, powered by fleet-leading first-stage booster B1067...
- SpaceX Hits 100 Falcon Missions For 2026 With Vandenberg Starlink Launch — — A pre-dawn Falcon 9 from Vandenberg carried 27 Starlink satellites to orbit, giving SpaceX its 100th Falcon-family flight of 2026, with the Starlink f...
- SpaceX's Starlink Crosses 11,000 Satellites As One Network Nears Two-Thirds Of Active Fleet — — A 24-satellite Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg on August 19, 2026 appears to have pushed SpaceX's Starlink constellation past 11,000 spacecraft in orb...
- SpaceX Hits 100 Orbital Missions Of 2026 With Vandenberg Starlink Launch — — SpaceX's overnight Falcon 9 launch of the Starlink 15-20 mission from Vandenberg marked the company's 100th orbital flight of 2026 for the third conse...
- SpaceX Sends 8 Globalstar Sats Up In New 38-Minute Doubleheader Record — — SpaceX launched eight Globalstar satellites from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 15, 2026 and set a new coast-to-coast record with a second Falcon 9 from Vande...
- SpaceX Notches 50th West Coast Launch Of 2026 With Starlink 17-38 — — A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg on Aug. 8 carrying 24 Starlink satellites, marking SpaceX's 50th California launch of 2026 as the West Coast pad...
- SpaceX Lands $1.6B Space Force Deal for 18 Falcon 9 Launches — — The US Space Force awarded SpaceX two task orders worth $1.6 billion for 18 Falcon 9 missions from Vandenberg through 2027, backing space-based sensin...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Upper Stage Slams Into Moon at 5,400 MPH Near Einstein Crater — — A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage from a 2025 lunar-delivery mission finally hit the Moon on August 5, 2026, gouging a fresh crater near Einstei...
- SpaceX Launches 3 Giant AST SpaceMobile BlueBirds, Ramping Direct-To-Cell Constellation — — A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 11, 12 and 13 next-generation direct-to-cell satellites from Cape Canaveral early August 5, near...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 17-52, B1081 Flies 26th Time From Vandenberg — — SpaceX added another 24 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites to low Earth orbit on Friday night, with Falcon 9 booster B1081 flying for a 26th time a...
- SpaceX Launches NROL-95 Spy Satellite For NRO On Falcon 9 — — A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted a classified NRO payload from Cape Canaveral at 3:10 a.m. EDT on July 30, marking the third NSSL Phase 2 mission delivered fo...
- SpaceX Wins $1.6B Space Force Task Order For 18 Falcon 9 SBST Launches — — SpaceX has been assigned $1.6 billion in Space Force task orders to fly 18 Falcon 9 missions from Vandenberg through 2027 for the SBST sensing-and-tar...
- SpaceX Launches Northrop's Robotic Servicing Vehicle On Decade-Long Mission — — A SpaceX Falcon 9 lofted Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle and three Mission Extension Pods on July 21, kicking off a decade-long DARPA-backe...
- SpaceX Launches Northrop Grumman Robotic Servicing Satellite On Decade-Long GEO Mission — — A Falcon 9 lifted Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle and three Mission Extension Pods from Cape Canaveral on July 21, opening a decade-long ca...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Aborts Starlink Launch at Vandenberg After Engine Ignition — — SpaceX scrubbed the Starlink 17-39 mission on Monday after its Falcon 9's nine Merlin engines ignited and shut down during a rare post-ignition abort...
- SpaceX To Launch SDA's Third Tranche 1 Batch From Vandenberg — — SpaceX will loft 21 York-built communications satellites for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 Transport Layer on July 16 from Vandenberg, addi...
- SpaceX Hits 600 Falcon Booster Reuses As B1080 Flies Starlink 10-45 — — SpaceX crossed a symbolic reusability milestone with its 600th Falcon booster refly, sending 29 more Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit...