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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Jan. 21, 2025.

SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites from California (video, photos)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched 27 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California's central coast on Tuesday (Jan. 21).

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fire and smoke spew from a sliver cylinder upright on a large metal platform

UK approves 1st vertical rocket launch from Saxavord Spaceport

By Andrew Jones published

German launch startup Rocket Factory Augsburg has taken a step towards a first launch by gaining a first-ever license to vertically launch an orbital rocket from mainland Europe.

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The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rests on a drone ship shortly after launching 21 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida on Jan. 21, 2025.

SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st flight since Starship explosion (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched 21 of its Starlink internet satellites early Jan. 21, five days after a test flight of the company's Starship megarocket ended in an explosion.

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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 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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The upper stage of SpaceX's Starship megarocket rolls out to the launch pad at the company's Starbase site on Jan. 9, 2025 ahead of a planned Jan. 13 test flight.

SpaceX Starship Flight 7 launch: Live updates

By Tariq Malik last updated

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Starship megarocket test flights, launches, photos and more.

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Ariane 6 fully stacked and ready for testing.

Europe's new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket set for 2nd launch in February

By Andrew Jones published

Europe is moving towards the second launch of its new Ariane 6 launcher after finding and addressing anomalies following its debut flight.

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SpaceX's seventh Starship megarocket launches on a test flight on Jan. 16, 2025.

SpaceX catches Super Heavy booster on Starship Flight 7 test but loses upper stage (video, photos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX pulled off a launch-tower catch of Starship's Super Heavy booster during a test flight today (Jan. 16) but lost the vehicle's upper stage.

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A silver stainless-steel SpaceX Starship is assembled for launch on the pad for Flight 7.

What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 launch test today?

By Tariq Malik last updated

SpaceX's seventh Starship test flight will now launch no earlier than Thursday, Jan. 16, at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT).

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Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 2:03 a.m. EST on Jan. 16, 2025.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket into orbit on 1st flight (video)

By Brett Tingley, Josh Dinner published

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket reached orbit on its first-ever flight early this morning (Jan. 16).

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An illustration shows the shutdown Gaia spacecraft telescope drift between Earth and the sun as the Milky Way looks on

Goodnight, Gaia! ESA spacecraft shuts down after 12 years of Milky Way mapping

By Robert Lea published

Goodnight Gaia. The European Space Agency star-tracking satellite ceased operations on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, after 12 years of mapping the Milky Way.

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