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An Indian PSLV rocket launches the EOS-N1 military satellite and 15 other payloads on Jan. 11, 2025. It was the first PSLV flight since a failure in May 2025.

Indian PSLV rocket apparently fails for 2nd launch in a row

By Mike Wall last updated

India's PSLV rocket apparently failed Sunday night (Jan. 11) while trying to launch 16 payloads to space. It was the PSLV's first liftoff since a May 2025 failure.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NASA's Pandora exoplanet mission and about three dozen other payloads from California on Jan. 11, 2025, on a rideshare flight called "Twilight."

SpaceX launches NASA's Pandora exoplanet mission, 3 dozen other satellites (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched NASA's Pandora exoplanet mission and about three dozen other payloads early Sunday morning (Jan. 11) on a rideshare flight called "Twilight."

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Jan. 9, 2026.

SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on its 3rd mission of 2026 (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched 29 Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast on Friday (Jan. 9), acing its third mission of 2026.

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a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

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a tall silver rocket upright in a hangar

SpaceX stacks Super Heavy booster ahead of Starship megarocket's 12th test flight

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX recently stacked the giant Super Heavy booster that will help launch the upcoming 12th test flight of the company's Starship megarocket.

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two satellites float in space orbiting Earth

‘Space particle’ slams into Spain’s new communications satellite high above Earth

By Josh Dinner published

Spain's latest military communications satellite suffered a debris impact while headed to its orbital destination. The extent of the damage is still unknown.

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a timelapse photo of a rocket launch causes the appearance of a bright beam of light extending from the ground into the night sky

SpaceX launches 1st Starlink satellites of 2026 on new Falcon 9 rocket (video)

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026.

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An illustration showing two boxy satellites with solar panels floating in front of the red planet Mars

Live long and loiter: Why NASA's ESCAPADE probes will wait a year in space before heading to Mars

By Leonard David published

NASA's ESCAPADE Mars probes embarked on a 'loiter' trajectory after launch, and scientists say that extra time in space could have some consequences for the twin spacecraft.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation mission for the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defence from California on Jan. 2, 2026.

SpaceX launches Italian Earth-observing satellite to orbit on the 1st mission of 2026 (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched the first mission of 2026 tonight (Jan. 2), sending an Italian Earth-observing satellite to orbit.

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A look at orbital debris floating above Earth's atmosphere in space.

Space debris led to an orbital emergency in 2025. Will anything change?

By Leonard David published

"Some will not change behavior until something bad happens."

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