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![a black-and-white spacex falcon 9 rocket launches into a cloudy sky.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cPxTUNRVK8FLBaE7XGGNHG-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX launches Türkiye's 1st homegrown communications satellite to orbit (video)
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX launched Türkiye's first domestically produced communications satellite today (July 8), sending the craft aloft from Florida's Space Coast.
![view from a rocket's upper stage looking down on earth from orbit](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sxUA6HU9a5BM9LkjH535ec-320-80.jpg)
Firefly Aerospace launches 8 cubesats to orbit on 5th-ever launch (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket launched for the fifth time ever just after midnight on Thursday (July 4), sending eight cubesats to orbit.
![a black-and-white spacex falcon 9 rocket launches into a blue sky.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7jsntmsZ8APVbcKVGJoPu6-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX to launch NASA gamma-ray space telescope in 2027
By Mike Wall published
NASA picked SpaceX's Falcon 9 to be the rocket ride for its COSI gamma-ray space telescope, which is targeted to lift off in August 2027.
![a rocket lifting off in the darkness with smoke on the side](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6PN3s3KbmFpSgukZAifJHG-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites from Florida early on July 3 after delay (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida in the wee hours of Wednesday morning (July 3).
![a white rocket launches into a night sky](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pZgcMhQVkMEfedFjbFFeXA-320-80.jpg)
China launches communications satellite on 30th mission of the year (video)
By Andrew Jones published
A Long March 7A rocket launched the ChinaSat-3A spacecraft on June 29, boosting China's geostationary communications satellite fleet.
![animation looking up at a large rocket coming in for a landing near its launch tower.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zKkfaRXKMMnH96X3Dbv3xV-320-80.jpg)
Watch SpaceX catch Starship Super Heavy booster with 'chopsticks' in this animation
By Mike Wall published
A new SpaceX animation shows the company catching a returning Starship Super Heavy booster with the "chopstick" arms of its huge launch tower.
![a white rocket stands upright on a launch pad](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yQkww77CLecW3to8MW6XcJ-320-80.jpg)
Not-so-static fire: Private Chinese rocket accidentally launches during test
By Mike Wall published
Space Pioneer's new Tianlong-3 rocket took to the skies accidentally on Sunday (June 30), then crashed back to Earth in a dramatic explosion.
![a yellow rocket launches from a seaside pad](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yUfm9KShGYMnomWgUtqnoZ-320-80.jpg)
Japan launches advanced Earth-observing satellite on 3rd flight of H3 rocket (video)
By Mike Wall published
Japan's new H3 rocket launched for the third time ever tonight (June 30), sending the ALOS-4 Earth-observing satellite to orbit.
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