Category: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

  • SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-42

    SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-42

    A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation – SpaceX’s project for space-based Internet communication system.

  • SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 1 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

    SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 1 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

    Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Payloads include Capella Space’s Acadia-4 and the South Korean government’s 425 Project Flight 2.

  • SpaceX | Falcon Heavy | GOES-U

    SpaceX | Falcon Heavy | GOES-U

    The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S Series (GOES-S) is the second of the next generation of geostationary weather satellites. The four satellites of the series will provide advanced imaging with increased spatial resolution and faster coverage for more accurate forecasts, real-time mapping of lightning activity, and improved monitoring of solar activity.

  • SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31

    SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31

    31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.

  • SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Polaris Dawn

    SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Polaris Dawn

    First mission of the privately funded Polaris program. The goal of this mission, lasting up to five days in orbit, is to fly higher than previous Dragon missions, perform the first-ever commercial EVA with SpaceX-designed spacesuits, orbit through portions of the Van Allen radiation belt, conduct medical research, and test laser-based Starlink communications in space.

  • SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-9

    SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-9

    SpaceX Crew-9 is the ninth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.