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SpaceX sends two batches of Starlink satellites on Saturday doubleheader (video)
By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated
Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets lifted off with Starlink satellites on June 28, 2025. The first launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida and the second from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California.

Japan launches GOSAT-GW on 50th and final liftoff of the H-2A rocket (video)
By Josh Dinner last updated
The 50th and final liftoff of Japan's H-2A rocket launched the GOSAT-GW satellite on Saturday, June 28, 2025.

Rocket Lab launches 'Symphony of the Stars' mission
By Mike Wall last updated
Rocket Lab launched a satellite for a confidential customer early Saturday morning (June 28).

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket creates nebula-like ring in night sky | Space photo of the day for June 27, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft carrying Axiom-4 astronauts heads to the International Space Station.

Rocket Lab launches 'Get the Hawk Outta Here' mission from New Zealand (video)
By Josh Dinner published
Rocket Lab launched an Electron rocket from New Zealand on June 26. The rocket carried a trio of radio frequency geolocation satellites and one experimental payload into a polar orbit.

From the Cape to the constellation: SpaceX launches 27 more Starlink satellites (video)
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
SpaceX launched a batch of 27 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

Off-Earth footprint: Florida company will design shoe in space in 2026
By Mike Wall published
Humanity will soon take another step toward establishing an off-Earth economy, if all goes according to plan for the Florida-based shoe company Syntilay.

With 'Grace': Astronauts name SpaceX's final Dragon crew capsule
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The last Dragon spacecraft that SpaceX plans to build entered orbit for the first time with "grace." Reaching space on the new capsule, Ax-4 commander Peggy Whitson revealed the spacecraft's name.
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