SpaceX F9 : Transporter-14 Rideshare : Vandenberg SLC-4E: 20 June 2025 . . . SpaceX was the obvious choice due to its combination of affordable cost and impeccable reputation in commercial launches The decision was confirmed during a presentation to the Parliament's Defence and Budget Committees on 5 February 2024
spacex - What is the advantage of catching a rocket booster with a . . . All other practical aspects be damned, SpaceX did just successfully maneuver a massive >200-ton steel vehicle through the air faster than sound, safely returning it to its site of launch after delivering one of the largest spacecraft ever built on its way, and then caught it midair with massive robotic arms for later reuse If absolutely
Starship Flight 5 UPDATES : Starbase TX : 13 Oct 2024 (12:25 UTC) The rocket launching high risk hazard area extends from the onshore SpaceX Facility into the Gulf of Mexico, and is bound by the following approximate positions: 25-54-00N 097-05-00W, 25-50-00N 097-00-00W,
launch - What happens to the Falcon 9 second stage after payload . . . SpaceX would love to recover the second stage, which they had planned But it sounds like they have given up on that Transcript - Elon Musk at MIT's Aero Astro Centennial (part 1 of 6) [What about the second stage?] The next generation vehicles after the Falcon architecture will be designed for full reusability
SpaceX Starship : Texas Prototype (s) Thread 25 : Discussion I didn't consider the SS exhaust impingement force on booster in my calculation I just ran the numbers now the impingement force required for the booster acceleration to be <=0 is at least 350 tons SS raptors are very much capable of that But if SpaceX is planning to shut down booster engines after stage separation this wont be an issue
spacex - Why will Starlink satellites use krypton instead of xenon for . . . It's the same reason SpaceX often does things differently: Krypton is a lot cheaper The satellites are designed to control costs For example, each will maneuver with Hall-effect thrusters—ion thrusters in which propellant is accelerated by an electric field