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On Sunday, January 11, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched the Twilight mission from Vandenberg Base in California. Onboard were about 40 satellites, including the mission's main payload, NASA's Pandora scientific satellite. Its goal is to study the atmospheres of at least 20 exoplanets in detail during a year-long mission.
On Sunday, January 11, SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket with a new NASA scientific satellite onboard Pandora. Its goal is to expand the understanding of exoplanet atmospheres and separate stellar signals from planetary signals. The launch is scheduled from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The launch window will last 57 minutes and open at 8:19 AM Eastern Time (1:19 PM GMT and 5:19 AM local California time).
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved SpaceX's request to launch an additional 7500 second-generation Starlink satellites. Thus, the company can launch up to 15,000 Gen2 devices into orbit.
Tory Bruno has stepped down as CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA) after 12 years. The company statement noted that he left to 'pursue another opportunity.' COO John Elbon has been appointed as acting CEO.
SpaceX reported a dangerous close approach of one of the Chinese space vehicles with a Starlink network satellite in low Earth orbit. According to the company, the incident occurred after the launch of the Chinese Kinetica 1 rocket from the Jiuquan spaceport on December 9.
Elon Musk's company SpaceX confirmed plans to go public in 2026. Currently, the company is conducting an internal stock sale, during which it was valued at a record $800 billion. The price per share is $421.
On Thursday, December 11, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with 29 Starlink satellites from the SLC-40 site at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch took place at 17:01 Eastern Time (22:01 GMT). It was the 300th orbital launch in the world since the beginning of 2025.
On Monday, December 8, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket conducted its record-setting 32nd flight. During the mission, another 29 Starlink satellites were delivered to orbit. The launch took place at 5:26 PM Eastern Time (10:26 PM GMT December 8) from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX conducted another Starlink satellite launch. On December 4, 2025, a Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 devices for global internet coverage from the Vandenberg US Space Force Base in California. The launch took place at 15:42 Eastern Time (20:42 GMT; 12:42 local time).
On Sunday, November 23, SpaceX successfully launched a new Falcon 9 rocket, which delivered 28 Starlink satellites into orbit. The launch took place at 3:48 AM Eastern Time (08:48 GMT) from the SLC-4E pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
On Saturday, November 22, at 2:53 AM Eastern Time (07:53 GMT), SpaceX conducted the milestone 150th launch of the Falcon 9 rocket in 2025. From the SLC-40 pad at Cape Canaveral, the rocket deployed 29 more Starlink satellites into orbit for global internet coverage.
SpaceX on Thursday began testing an upgraded version of the Starship rocket booster at the Starbase range, but within a few hours an explosion occurred inside the installation. The incident happened around 4:00 a.m. local time and was captured by streamers monitoring the complex's operations. Photos published by eyewitnesses show that the explosion destroyed a significant part of the lower section of the booster.
The Artemis 3 mission, which is to be the next stage of returning humans to the Moon, has faced a significant delay. According to a new internal SpaceX document published by Politico, Elon Musk's company may delay several key stages of Starship rocket testing. As a result, the landing of astronauts on the Moon is planned to occur only in September 2028, that is, a year later than the planned date.
