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The April 2013 draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed SpaceX South Texas Launch Site includes specific accommodations for return of the Falcon 9 first-stage boosters to the launch site. [22] Elon Musk first publicly referred to the reusable Falcon 9 as the Falcon 9-R in April 2013. [23]
SpaceX originally planned to upgrade the Omelek launch site for use by the Falcon 9 launch vehicle, but later cancelled their plans to do so, and have since disassembled the entire installation. In December 2010, the SpaceX launch manifest listed Omelek (Kwajalein) as a potential site for several Falcon 9 launches, the first planned for as ...
Several companies are currently developing fully reusable launch vehicles as of March 2024. Each of them is working on a two-stage-to-orbit system. SpaceX is testing Starship, which has been in development since 2016 and has made an initial test flight in April 2023 [3] and 5 more flights as of November 2024.
Snagging the descending 23-story-tall Super Heavy booster with the mechazilla arms represented an unprecedented milestone in SpaceX's drive to develop fully reusable, quickly re-launchable rockets ...
SpaceX's next major milestone for Starship. Ultimately, Starship is designed to be the first ever fully, rapidly reusable rocket. SpaceX has been reusing its fleet of Falcon 9 rockets for years ...
The first-of-a-kind feat brings SpaceX one step closer to Musk's goals of building the first fully reusable rocket system, slashing the cost of spaceflight, and, ultimately, making humanity a ...
SpaceX broke ground on the new launch site in September 2014, [11] but indicated then that the principal work to build the facility was not expected to ramp up until late 2015 [5] after the SpaceX launch site development team completed work on Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A, as the same team was expected to manage the work to build the ...
SpaceX said on social media platform X last week that Starship's sixth flight test could launch as soon as Monday, Nov. 18. The 30-minute launch window will open at 5 p.m. EST, according to SpaceX.