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SpaceX Successfully Launches Iridium Satellites into Orbit

Jan 16, 2017 09:49 AM EST

Scrambling to contain the backlash when one of its rockets exploded during a routine engine check in September 2016, SpaceX have successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying 10 Iridium satellites and also managed to fly the first stage of the rocket back to a floating landing platform.

SpaceX Investigation Pinpoints Cause of Rocket Explosion, Plans to Resume Launch on Jan. 8

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Jan 03, 2017 09:28 PM EST

SpaceX recently said that the company is finalizing its report regarding the explosion that of its Falcon 9 rocket while being tested in September 2016. SpaceX added that the investigation have determined the likely cause of the explosion and that the company has already devised a workaround in order to prevent such chemical reaction to occur in the future. Now that everything is clear, SpaceX is expecting to launch its new rocket by Jan. 8.

SpaceX Delays Rocket Launch until January

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Dec 08, 2016 10:03 AM EST

SpaceX founder Elon Musk recently confirmed that the firm was forced to delay the launch of its rocket until January 2017. Musk added that an ongoing investigation regarding the incident in September when one of its rockets exploded in its launch pad prompted the delay.

SpaceX rocket Falcon 9 sits on Pad 40 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Titusville, Florida.

SpaceX Confirms Falcon 9 Launch on Dec. 16

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Dec 06, 2016 04:09 AM EST

SpaceX confirms that the company will resume the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket on Dec. 16. The rocket will launch the first group of communications satellites into space. Iridium Communications, the company which owns the satellites, also confirmed the launch date.

Recovered SpaceX Falcon 9 First Stage to be Re-used for the First Time this Fall

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

Jul 18, 2016 04:55 AM EDT

The first IDA was destroyed when the Falcon 9 that was carrying it exploded during launch last year, however.

SpaceX Reports to NASA on Progress in Mars Landing Project

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

Jun 24, 2016 05:00 AM EDT

"This will mark, hopefully, the first time that we restore the capability of launching people to space from America."

SpaceX Confirms Capability to Send Cargo to Mars

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

May 31, 2016 05:24 AM EDT

SpaceX has the capability to transport up to four metric tons of cargo to Mars.

Launch Costs for DARPA’s XS-1 Spaceplane to be Cheaper than SpaceX’s Falcon 9

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

May 26, 2016 04:33 AM EDT

It cost a staggering $450 million to launch a Space Shuttle.

Falcon 9 For Dod Certification Next Month Confirmed

Cristian Andal |

May 14, 2015 07:46 AM EDT

Falcon’s new 9v1.1 vehicle of Space Exploration technologies gets the certification to start its mission under the U.S Department of Defense—as early as next month, June. This could end the conflict on pushing the approval of F9 to fly for defense payloads under the agreement between SpaceX and the U.S Air Force.