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SpaceX launches 300th Starlink satellite-internet mission (video)
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX launched 24 Starlink internet satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today (Sept. 13). It was the 300th Starlink mission to date, according to the company.

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.

US Air Force selects Blue Origin and Anduril for rocket cargo delivery project: report
By Elizabeth Howell published
Blue Origin and Anduril each received AFRL contracts to deliver rocket-flown cargo to any point in the world within one hour, according to a media report.

SpaceX launches powerful satellite to orbit for Indonesian telecom company (video)
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX launched a mission for an Indonesian telecom company tonight (Sept. 11), sending the Nusantara Lima satellite to orbit from Florida's Space Coast.

Russian Soyuz rocket launches robotic Progress cargo ship with 2.8 tons of supplies toward the ISS
By Mike Wall last updated
Russian Progress 93 freighter launched toward the International Space Station on the MS-32 mission today (Sept. 11), loaded with 2.8 tons of cargo for the station's astronaut crew.

SpaceX launches 1st 21 satellites for advanced new US military constellation
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX launched 21 satellites to orbit from California today (Sept. 10), beginning the buildout of an advanced new constellation for the U.S. military.

SpaceX targets Sept. 23 for launch of NASA's IMAP mission to map the boundaries of our solar system
By Josh Dinner published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch on Sept. 23 will send three spacecraft a million miles from Earth to map the heliosphere and expand our understanding of space weather and atmospheric science.
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