SpaceX has also retired Starlink satellites because of malfunctions in the hardware. In February 2024, the company decided to deorbit 100 Starlink satellites, citing a potential f

SpaceX on Wednesday night launched a Spanish communications satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and retired the first-stage booster rather than landing on a drone.

Liftoff is scheduled for 8:34 p.m. ET tonight (Jan. 29).

The Starlink satellite reentry sparked at least 62 fireball reports to the American Meteor Society, which shared images and photos of the event by witnesses. In one video, captured by observer John Aubert of Crystal Lake, Illinois, the fireball streaks over the roof of a home and trees.

Following the explosive failure of the Starship megarocket’s January 16 test flight, residents of the British territory were left with debris-strewn roads and beaches.

While Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s situation is unusual, their return trip will be pretty routine, as they were already slated to fly home on a SpaceX capsule as part of a scheduled crew rotation.

Starbase is an industrial installation built by SpaceX to fabricate and test a number of the company’s rocket types. The area around it is a unique and delicate ecosystem that includes estuaries and coastal grasslands, mud flats and more, where falcons, hawks, ravens, gulls and songbirds live.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A California-based startup led by former SpaceX executives announced Jan. 29 it has raised $100 million to accelerate development of lower-cost hypersonic missiles, marking Silicon Valley’s latest push into the defense sector traditionally dominated by established contractors.

Posts by President Trump and Elon Musk roiled the space community, raising the prospect of an earlier-than-planned return for the Starliner crew.

Apple is finally offering support for Starlink satellite service on iPhones, but only on T-Mobile, and access is still limited.

SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Monday afternoon that will carry internet-beaming Starlink satellites into orbit.