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SpaceX launches 1st Falcon 9 rocket of 2025, sends Thuraya 4 communications satellite to orbit (video)

By Brett Tingley last updated

SpaceX launched its first Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 as it sent the Thuraya 4 communications satellite to orbit from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Friday (Jan. 3).

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Blue Origin is expected to launch its 1st New Glenn rocket next week, but when?

By Tariq Malik published

The first launch of New Glenn could occur between Jan. 6 and Jan. 12, according to the FAA.

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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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a black and white rocket launches into the night sky from a launch pad in Florida

SpaceX's last launch of 2024 puts Starlink satellites into orbit (video)

By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated

SpaceX launched its last mission of 2024 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on New Year's Eve.

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An Indian Space Research Organisation PSLV rocket launches the two satellites of the Space Docking Experiment mission into orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Center in India on Dec. 30, 2024.

India launches 2 SpaDeX satellites on ambitious space docking test for future moon mission, space station

By Tariq Malik last updated

The SpaDeX mission will attempt India's first-ever autonomous docking in space.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching at night from a Florida pad

SpaceX launches 4 Astranis satellites on 2nd try after last-second abort

By Tariq Malik last updated

SpaceX successfully launched a miniature fleet of communications satellites into orbit in a vindication of sorts after a last-second abort delayed the flight.

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3... 2... 1... SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on third-to-last mission planned for 2024

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

SpaceX has begun counting down to the New Year, with the launch of the first of three rockets planned to close out 2024.

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a large white rocket fires its seven engines on the launch pad as a test

Blue Origin fires up New Glenn rocket for first time in successful pre-launch test

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Blue Origin fired up its new heavy-lift orbital rocket for the first time just hours after receiving federal clearance to conduct its maiden launch.

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SpaceX's Starship Flight 5 Super Heavy booster approaches its launch tower for the first-ever landing and capture at the pad after launching on a suborbital test flight from Starbase in South Texas on Oct. 13, 2024.

SpaceX's big year: The new records and feats Elon Musk's space company achieved in 2024

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched more than 130 missions this year and made significant progress with its new Starship vehicle, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built.

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a cylindrical spacecraft flies above earth, seen only as a sliver of light

ULA wants to upgrade Vulcan Centaur rocket into a 'space interceptor' to defend satellites

By Julian Dossett published

United Launch Alliance (ULA) says its new, powerful Vulcan Centaur upper stage rocket could play a key role in defending satellites from potential threats in space.

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