SpaceX sets rocket re-use record Friday with a nine-day turnaround

SpaceX Rocket Delivers NRO Payload from Vandenberg as Booster Sets Reuse Record

The nation’s constellation of spy satellites grew with the Thursday night delivery by a Falcon 9 rocket that launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base while also setting a new reuse record. The SpaceX rocket lifted off at 11:49 p.m., and the first-stage booster returned to Vandenberg less than eight minutes later generating the distinctive clapping sonic booms.  Making its fourth flight and landing, the first-stage booster used for the mission a…

SpaceX sets rocket re-use record Friday with a nine-day turnaround

SpaceX has set a rocket re-use record for launch-turnaround by sending a Falcon 9 up twice within nine days early Friday morning. The previous record was 14 days.

SpaceX plans to launch U.S. spy satellites Thursday; some on coast may hear sonic boom

The latest SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch could be visible across Southern California a few minutes before midnight.

SpaceX has set a new record by reusing a first stage of Falcon 9 in just nine days. The rocket took off from Vandenberg base to orbit satellites of the National Recognition Office. This mission adds new satellites to the U.S. space surveillance fleet.

Blastoff! SpaceX launches US spy satelllites from California, nails landing

Future Space A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-57 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday on March 21, 2025 at 2:49 a.m. EDT (0649 GMT; 11:49 p.m. on March 20 local California time). Credit VideoFromSpaceFuture Space A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-57 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base Fr…

Space X-oppskyting førte til lysshow på stjernehimmelen

Fredagens rakettoppskytning med SpaceX førte til en lang rekke med lys på stjernehimmelen over Norge.