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Monday, Apr 29

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Launch Roundup: China returns to the moon, SpaceX keeps up high launch cadence

This week, China returns to the Moon with the Chang’e-6 mission, making the first-ever attempt…

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SpaceX Employees Are Getting Hurt In Alarming Numbers

jalopnik.com

SpaceX employees are sustaining an outrageous amount of injuries, once again exceeding the industry average in 2023, according to safety data reported to U.S. regulators by the aerospace company helmed by CEO Elon Musk.

SpaceX lines up pair of Space Coast launches for the weekend

phys.org

SpaceX has launches set for Saturday and Sunday from the Space Coast.

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'Challenge Accepted:' SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Agrees To Make Falcon Boosters Support 42 Missions After Retiring Booster That Launched Intuitive Machines' Lunar Lander

www.benzinga.com

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Sunday said that the company will work towards reusing the Falcon 9 rocket’s boosters and fairings for 42 missions each after an X user challenged him to it.

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SpaceX sends another batch of Internet satellites aloft

www.upi.com

Atop a million pounds of liquid propellant, SpaceX launched its next in a series of Falcon 9 rockets riding a column orange fire and exhaust from Florida on Sunday, rumbling out over the Gulf Coast.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 booster equals flight record, but does not land this time

www.digitaltrends.com

SpaceX flew a first-stage Falcon 9 booster for the 20th time on Saturday, equaling a record set by another Falcon 9 booster earlier this month.

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SpaceX ties record with 20th Falcon 9 booster re-use in Galileo L12 launch

www.spacedaily.com

SpaceX has tied its own record with the 20th use of a Falcon 9 booster with its latest and final mission, the launch of a European Union Galileo L12 navigation and positioning satellite.

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SpaceX successfully launches another Falcon 9 from Space Coast

www.clickorlando.com

SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit a day after it launched the European Commission’s Galileo L12 mission from the Florida coast.

SpaceX successfully launches 23 Starlink satellites

www.news4jax.com

SpaceX is targeting Sunday for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Sunday, Apr 28

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NASA Updates on Starship Refueling, as SpaceX Prepares Flight 4 of Starship

In a recent update to the NASA Advisory Council Human Exploration and Operations Committee, the…

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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral

spaceflightnow.com

The addition of these latest satellites will boost the growing constellation to nearly 5,900. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 6:08 p.m. EDT (2208 UTC).

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SpaceX ties record with 20th Falcon 9 booster re-use in Galileo L12 launch

www.upi.com

SpaceX has tied its own record with the 20th use of a Falcon 9 booster with its latest and final mission, the launch of a European Union Galileo L12 navigation and positioning satellite.

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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (video)

www.space.com

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched another batch of the company's Starlink internet satellites on Sunday (April 28).

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SpaceX's 30th Dragon cargo mission departs the ISS, heads home to Earth

www.space.com

SpaceX's 30th robotic Dragon cargo ship undocked from the International Space Station today (April 28) and headed back home to Earth.

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North Carolina witnesses SpaceX spectacle: Launch ignites night sky

www.wral.com

Several North Carolina residents were able to get a front-row seat (well, kind of!) to Saturday night's SpaceX Falcon 9.

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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with European Galileo satellite on board

tass.com

According to the broadcast on the page of the company in the X social network, the launch took place at 00:34 a.m. GMT

SpaceX Finally Crashes Falcon 9 Rocket In The Ocean After More Than A Year

wccftech.com

Keeping up with its rapid launch cadence in 2024, SpaceX launched yet another mission earlier today from Florida as part of a busy weekend with a Starlink launch due for tomorrow. Today's launch was a rare one for SpaceX since it saw the…

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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Florida coast

www.clickorlando.com

SpaceX on Saturday successfully launched the European Commission’s Galileo L12 mission from Kennedy Space Center.

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SpaceX making progress on Starship in-space refueling technologies

spacenews.com

NASA says SpaceX is on track to demonstrate in-space refueling of Starship next year, a critical technology for returning humans to the lunar surface using that vehicle.

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SpaceX launches European Commission’s Galileo satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center

spaceflightnow.com

The mission marked the first time that an American-made rocket launched Europe’s answer to the GPS satellite constellation. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A happened at 8:34 p.m. EDT (0034 UTC) on Saturday, April 27.