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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida on May 28
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Tuesday morning (May 28).
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US condemns failed North Korean rocket launch as breach of international security: report
By Elizabeth Howell published
A spy satellite on board did not reach orbit, according to media reports.
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Alabama high school students win world's largest rocketry challenge
By Meredith Garofalo published
High school students in Russellville, Alabama win the American Rocketry Challenge after months of designing and building a victorious rocket.
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Rocket Lab launches NASA cubesat to study heat lost from Earth's poles (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
Rocket Lab launched the first of two satellites for NASA's PREFIRE climate change mission early Saturday morning (May 25).
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Sweden's Arctic spaceport moves one step closer to orbital launches
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Swedish Space Corporation and Perigee Aerospace to launch satellites from Esrange Space Center, Sweden in 2025, with the Blue Whale 1 microlauncher.
![A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, May 23, 2024.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ACbSnXwWDzpgUEMCk8vugX-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on 3rd mission in 2 days (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Thursday night (May 23). It was the third mission in two days for the company.
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China launches test satellite to very low Earth orbit (video)
By Andrew Jones published
China launched four satellites on Tuesday (May 21) to test out new technologies. The spacecraft went up on the third-ever launch of the Kuaizhou-11 solid rocket.
![A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5pTFj3Z8VNT98WksdjNxam-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched 23 of its Starlink satellites from Florida on Wednesday (May 22), the second mission in less than 24 hours for the company.
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