Latest Falcon 9 News
SpaceX Falcon 9 to Launch SES Final O3b mPOWER on Sunday
SpaceX Falcon 9 is set to loft SES’s final three O3b mPOWER satellites Sunday from SLC-40, with a 2:49–4:16 p.m.…
SpaceX Launches USSF-259 from Vandenberg After Tuesday Scrub
SpaceX lofted classified USSF-259 from Vandenberg SLC-4E on Wednesday 16 September at 9:07:56 p.m. ET after Tuesday’s pre-fueling scrub. B1097…
SpaceX Targets USSF-153 for Thursday from Vandenberg
SpaceX is targeting Thursday 10 September for Falcon 9 USSF-153 from Vandenberg SLC-4E. The payload is unnamed; the window opens…
How Merlin Powers Falcon 9
Falcon 9 flies nine Merlin 1D engines on the first stage and a vacuum Merlin on the second, combining high…
SpaceX Ends Planned Falcon 9 Starlink Launches From Florida
SpaceX flew its final planned Falcon 9 Starlink mission from Florida on Aug. 25, 2026, from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral,…
Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Wind Down Falcon for Starship
Elon Musk said SpaceX will wind down Falcon once Starship is flying several times a week, a sunset that is…
What is Falcon 9?
Falcon 9 is SpaceX’s reusable medium-lift rocket and the world’s most-flown orbital booster, the workhorse behind Starlink and most company…
How Falcon 1 Built the SpaceX Empire
Falcon 1 was SpaceX’s first orbital rocket. Its early flights, and failures, built the company that later fielded Falcon 9…
Starship vs Falcon 9: Reuse, Engines, Size and Landing Compared
Falcon 9 is SpaceX’s proven, partly reusable workhorse. Starship is a far bigger stainless-steel rocket designed for full reuse and…
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