SpaceX launches reused rocket for the 500th time, placing the Sentinel-6B ocean-mapping satellite into orbit (video).

  • November 17, 2025
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SpaceX launches used rocket for 500th time, sends Sentinel-6B ocean-mapping satellite to orbit (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX launched a powerful ocean-mapping satellite from California early Monday morning (Nov. 17) on a landmark flight — the company’s 500th orbital mission with a used rocket. The Sentinel-6B spacecraft lifted off atop a Falcon […]

SpaceX successfully launched a reused rocket for the 500th time, sending the Sentinel-6B satellite for ocean mapping into orbit.

  • November 17, 2025
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SpaceX launches used rocket for 500th time, sends Sentinel-6B ocean-mapping satellite to orbit (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX launched a powerful ocean-mapping satellite from California early Monday morning (Nov. 17) on a landmark flight — the company’s 500th orbital mission with a used rocket. The Sentinel-6B spacecraft lifted off atop a Falcon 9 […]

Poland is set to launch its first military SAR satellite from California.

  • November 17, 2025
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Finnish vendor ICEYE and Wojskowe Zakłady Łączności No 1, an offshoot of Poland’s state-run defense group PGZ, are developing a new satellite constellation for the Polish military. (ICEYE) The plans to launch Poland’s first military satellite, a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite built by the Polish-Finnish consortium ICEYE, will be from Vandenberg AFB in […]

Tune in to see SpaceX launch a robust ocean-mapping satellite for Europe and NASA on the morning of November 17.

  • November 16, 2025
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Watch SpaceX launch powerful ocean-mapping satellite for Europe and NASA early Nov. 17 (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX will launch an advanced ocean-mapping satellite from California early Monday morning (Nov. 17), and you can watch the action live. The Sentinel-6B spacecraft is scheduled to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg […]

Ways for spacefaring countries to prevent conflict on the moon.

  • November 15, 2025
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How spacefaring nations could avoid conflict on the moon (Image Credit: Space.com) This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. In the 1960s, Frank Sinatra’s song Fly Me to the Moon became closely associated with the Apollo missions. The optimistic […]

China’s Shenzhou 20 astronauts return to Earth using different spacecraft after discovering cracks in their own windows (video).

  • November 14, 2025
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China’s Shenzhou 20 astronauts return to Earth on different spacecraft after finding window cracks in their own (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) The three astronauts of China’s Shenzhou 20 mission safely touched down on the Dongfeng Landing Site in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region shortly before 3.45 a.m. EST (0845 GMT) on Nov. […]