Falcons On Flight

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  Dutch Man Stunned To See Falcons Seated On Commercial Flight: "Only In Arab Countries"

  Some Middle Eastern airlines allow falcons to travel in the cabin, often requiring them to have their own tickets and travel documents.

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  SpaceX Launches 28 New Starlink Satellites as Falcon 9 Hits Another Milestone

  SpaceX successfully launched 28 Starlink satellites on December 4, 2025, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 12:42 pm PST and completed a smooth drone-ship landing just 8.5 minutes later, marking the booster’s fourth flight. This mission represents SpaceX’s 156th Falcon 9 launch of the year, continuing the...

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  SpaceX Sends Sentinel-6B to Orbit for Precision Sea-Level Tracking

  SpaceX successfully launched the Sentinel-6B ocean-monitoring satellite on November 17, 2025, marking its 500th orbital mission using a reused Falcon 9 booster. Sentinel-6B will extend more than 40 years of continuous sea-level measurement, delivering high-precision global ocean data as part of Europe’s Copernicus climate program. Equipped with a...

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  SpaceX Launches 28 Starlink Satellites, Lands Falcon 9 Booster in Pacific

  SpaceX successfully launched 28 Starlink satellites from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on October 27, 2025. The Falcon 9 booster B1082 returned safely to the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You after its 17th flight, marking SpaceX’s 137th orbital mission this year and advancing its growing Starlink broadband network.

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  SpaceX Launches NROL-48 for NRO’s Proliferated Satellite Architecture

  SpaceX successfully launched NROL-48 on Sept. 22, 2025, for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The mission deployed small satellites into orbit, supporting the “proliferated architecture,” a strategy to boost resilience by using many small spacecraft for surveillance and intelligence.

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  SpaceX Launches 28 Starlink Satellites on Falcon 9, Booster Lands Safely

  SpaceX successfully launched 28 new Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Sept. 18, 2025, using its trusted Falcon 9 rocket. The booster made a safe return on the droneship “Just Read the Instructions.” This mission marked the 117th Falcon 9 flight of the year.

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  SpaceX Expands Starlink with 28 Satellites in Latest Falcon 9 Mission

  SpaceX successfully launched 28 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on August 31, 2025, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. The deployment will be expanding Starlink’s growing constellation, now totaling more than 8,200 active satellites providing global internet coverage.

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  SpaceX Launches 24 More Starlink Satellites, Expands Global Internet Network

  SpaceX successfully launched 24 new Starlink satellites on Aug. 14, lifting off at 1:05 a.m. EDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The first-stage booster, B1093, completed its fifth flight and landed smoothly on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean. This mission marked SpaceX’s 98t...

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  SpaceX Launches 28 Starlink Satellites as Booster B1069 Flies for 26th Time

  SpaceX successfully launched 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit on July 30, 2025, from Cape Canaveral. The Starlink 10-29 mission lifted off at 11:37 p.m. EDT aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, marking the 96th launch of the year for SpaceX. After payload separation, the rocket’s first stage, booster B1069, landed flawlessly on the drones...

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  SpaceX Launches Two O3b mPOWER Satellites, Successfully Lands Falcon 9 Booster at Sea

  SpaceX launched two mPOWER internet satellites into medium Earth orbit and landed its Falcon 9 booster on a ship in the Atlantic, marking its 89th Falcon mission of the year. The satellites will expand SES’s global network as the company moves closer to completing its 13-satellite constellation for advanced internet coverage worldwide.

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  SpaceX to Launch Over 150 Memorial DNA Capsules into Orbit on Celestis’ Perseverance Flight

  SpaceX’s Transporter-14 mission on June 23 will carry over 150 capsules of DNA and cremated remains into orbit for Celestis. The flight, in partnership with The Exploration Company, will briefly orbit Earth before reentry. It marks Celestis’ 25th space memorial mission and offers a symbolic journey for participants, including the youngest Europ...

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  SpaceX Launches 26 Starlink Satellites from California to Expand Low Earth Orbit Internet Network

  SpaceX launched 26 Starlink satellites from California on June 16, advancing its global broadband expansion. The Falcon 9 rocket successfully delivered the payload to low Earth orbit, and its booster completed a third landing on a Pacific droneship. The mission supports Starlink’s growing constellation, which now includes over 7,760 active satell...

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  SpaceX Launches 26 New Starlink Satellites, Expands Global Internet Network

  SpaceX launched 26 Starlink satellites on June 12 from California, expanding its broadband network beyond 7,600 active units. The mission marked the 72nd Falcon 9 launch of 2025, with 53 supporting Starlink. Booster B1081, reused for the 15th time, landed safely on a droneship, reinforcing SpaceX’s continued dominance in satellite deployment and ...

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  SpaceX Launches SiriusXM’s SXM-10 Satellite, Nails Booster Landing

  SpaceX launched SiriusXM's SXM-10 satellite early Saturday, June 7, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. The mission marked the eighth flight for the reused first-stage booster, which landed on the drone ship “A Shortfall of Gravitas.” SXM-10, a 6,400-kg satellite built by Maxar, will enter geostationary orbit to enhance SiriusXM’s b...

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  SpaceX Launches 27 Starlink Satellites from California Using Veteran Falcon 9 Booster

  SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on June 4 using a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission marked booster B1063’s 26th successful flight and a key milestone in SpaceX’s reusability efforts. The satellites will soon join the Starlink constellation, which comprises over 7,600 active i...