Medicine & TechnologySpaceX has led the world in space launches for the first half of 2021 – the first time in history a single company has managed that feat.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Transporter-2 mission, carrying dozens of satellites to polar orbit on June 30, 2021. The first stage of the rocket landed at SpaceX's Landing Zone 1 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida minutes later.
SpaceX is set to launch its Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday, June 30, that will carry 88 small satellites to orbit. The rocket will land on Cape Canaveral, a first since last December.
The Pentagon is allowing SpaceX to send a national security satellite to orbit with a reused rocket for the first time. SpaceX is set to launch the GPS III SV05 satellite via Falcon 9 soon.
The Pentagon is allowing SpaceX to send a national security satellite to orbit using Falcon 9, which launched GPS III SV04 last year. The reusable rocket is set to launch GPS III SV05 on Thursday.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will bring Dragon spacecraft, filled with more than 7,300 pounds of research, crew supplies, and hardware to the International Space Station.
The launch of 60 more Starlink satellites Wednesday could give SpaceX enough spacecraft to complete the first layer of its privately-funded global internet network.