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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 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.

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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches the first 27 of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites to orbit on April 28, 2025.

Launch of Amazon’s 2nd batch of Kuiper internet satellites scrubbed due to rocket issue

By Josh Dinner last updated

The planned June 16 launch of the second batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites was scrubbed due to an issue with a ULA Atlas V rocket.

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A woman wears a helmet and an orange outfit

On this day in space! June 16, 1963: First woman travels Into space

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

Russian cosmonaut Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova made history as the first woman to travel into space.

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a bronze and white rocket stands poised on its launch pad set against a deep blue sky.

ULA launching Amazon's 2nd batch of Kuiper internet satellites today: Watch live!

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Amazon's Kuiper 2 mission is set to lift off on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket today (June 16), and you can watch the launch live online.

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a white and black rocket lifts off into a daytime sky generating a bright flame and a white plume

SpaceX adds 23 satellites to Starlink megaconstellation after launch from Florida

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Less than a day after its last batch reached low Earth orbit, SpaceX again added to its Starlink megaconstellation on Friday, June 13, 2025.

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a black and white rocket launches into an overcast gray evening sky, its engine thrust lighting up the landscape.

500 Falcon missions! SpaceX sends 26 Starlink satellites to orbit on landmark launch

By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated

SpaceX sent 26 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California Thursday (June 12), on the 500th overall completed mission for the company's Falcon family of rockets.

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A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches the "Mountain God Guards" mission for the Japanese company iQPS from New Zealand on June 11, 2025.

Rocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit

By Mike Wall published

Rocket Lab launched an Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit for the Japanese company iQPS on Wednesday morning (June 11).

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Blue Origin launches its first New Glenn rocket from Pad 36 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Jan. 16, 2025.

2nd launch of Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket delayed to Aug. 15 at the earliest

By Mike Wall published

Blue Origin is now targeting Aug. 15 at the earliest for the second-ever launch of its New Glenn rocket, a slip of several months.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, June 10, 2025.

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast, lands booster on ship at sea

By Josh Dinner published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Tuesday morning (June 10), carrying 23 Starlink satellites to orbit.

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At left, the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket returns to Earth shortly after launching 26 of the company’s Starlink satellites on June 8, 2025. At right, the rocket’s upper-stage engine burns bright to power the satellites to their desired orbit.

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites to orbit on 70th Falcon 9 flight of the year (photos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched 26 Starlink satellites to orbit from California on Sunday (June 8), on the 70th mission of 2025 for the company's Falcon 9 rocket.

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