https://spacewatch.global/tag/cape-canaveral-air-force-station/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:34:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/cape-canaveral-air-force-station/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/07/europe-launches-mtg-s1-and-sentinel-4-to-monitor-earths-atmosphere-from-geo-orbit/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66065 ESA and its partners have successfully launched the MTG-S1 satellite and Copernicus Sentinel-4 spectrometer on Tuesday, 1 July, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/spacex-launched-saocom-1b-mission/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25666&preview=true&preview_id=25666 On Sunday, August 30 at 7:19 p.m. EDT, or 23:19 UTC, SpaceX's Falcon 9 successfully lifted off carrying the SAOCOM 1B mission. This mission put the SAOCOM 1B spacecraft into orbit as well as two rideshare payloads, Tyvak-0172 and PlanetiQ’s GNOMES-1.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/space-force-makes-history-with-all-female-2-sops-crew/ Tue, 04 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=24713&preview=true&preview_id=24713 The Air Force has been providing precise position, navigation and timing for more than 25 years, however a first-of-its-kind crew assumed command and control of its newest satellite this week.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacex-successfully-launches-seventh-batch-of-starlink-satellites/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 05:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21883 SpaceX launched its seventh batch of 60 Starlink communications satellites on board one of its Falcon 9 satellite launch vehicles on 22 April 2020. The launch took place at 3:30pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, United States. The launch vehicle successfully released all 60 Starlink satellites into […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/protected-globally-aehf-6-satellite-actively-communicating-with-u-s-space-force/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 05:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21044 The first national security launch for the US Space Force and the final satellite to build out the protected communications constellation is now connected.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/launch-of-argentinian-satellite-by-spacex-postponed-due-to-coronavirus-travel-restrictions/ Fri, 27 Mar 2020 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20975 Elon Musk's claim that the governmental and societal response to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic is an overreaction and "dumb" has caught up with him (again) as it was revealed that the 30 March 2020 scheduled launch of Argentina's SAOCOM-1B remote sensing satellite by a SpaceX Falcon 9 satellite launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (AFS) in Florida, United States, has been postponed.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-the-psyche-mission-to-spacex/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 06:00:21 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20163 NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s Psyche mission. The Psyche mission currently is targeted to launch in July 2022 on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The total cost for NASA to launch Psyche and the secondary payloads is approximately […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/spacex-makes-fifth-starlink-launch-but-loses-reusable-falcon-9-booster/ Wed, 19 Feb 2020 06:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19599 On Monday, 17 February 2020, at 10:05 am EST, or 15:05 UTC, SpaceX launched its fifth Starlink mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/spacex-falcon-9-launches-60-starlink-communications-satellites/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18986 SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 satellite launch vehicle carrying its fourth batch of 60 Starlink satellites. The launch took place at 9:06 a.m. local time on Wednesday, 29 January 2020, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/08/spacex-successfully-launches-amos-17-for-israels-spacecom/ Thu, 08 Aug 2019 05:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15509 On Tuesday, 6 August 2019, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying the AMOS-17 satellite for Spacecom. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/07/spaceflight-to-launch-multiple-spacecraft-from-international-space-station-via-cygnus/ Thu, 11 Jul 2019 05:00:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15065 Spaceflight has announced that it is providing mission management and rideshare integration services on an upcoming launch from the International Space Station (ISS) and Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus launch vehicle. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/thailands-mu-space-taps-relativity-space-to-launch-first-satellite-in-2022/ Fri, 26 Apr 2019 05:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13733 Relativity, the world’s first autonomous rocket factory and launch services leader for satellite constellations, announced on 23 April 2019 a partnership with mu Space, the innovative Thai satellite and space technology company, to launch a satellite to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on Relativity’s Terran 1 rocket, the world’s first and only 3D printed rocket.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/italys-d-orbit-signs-agreement-with-firefly-to-acquire-launch-capacity/ Thu, 07 Mar 2019 06:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12963 D-Orbit S.p.A., an Italian service provider of the New Space sector, signed a multi-year framework agreement with U.S.-based launch operator Firefly Aerospace Inc. on 4 March 2019 to purchase launch capacity of the Firefly Alpha launch vehicle.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/leslie-kovacs-joins-firefly-aerospace-as-vice-president-for-business-development/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 05:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9056 Firefly Aerospace, the New Space launch company that aims to serve the small to medium-sized satellite launch market with its Alpha and Beta rockets and is owned by Ukrainian-American entrepreneur Dr. Max Polyakov, has announced the appointment of Leslie Kovacs as its Vice President for Business Development.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/12/chinas-xinwei-buys-israels-spacecom-190-million/ Mon, 05 Dec 2016 08:00:57 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=2403 Chinese telecommunications company Beijing Xinwei Technology Group will buy Israeli satellite communications company, Spacecom, for U.S.$190 million, according to Israeli press reports. Beijing Xinwei Technology Group was originally going to pay U.S.$285 million for Spacecom, contingent upon the successful launch of Spacecom’s Amos-6 communications satellite. The Amos-6 communications satellite was destroyed when a static engine […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/09/israels-spacecom-sale-jeopardy-spacex-falcon-9-explosion-destroys-amos-6-payload/ Fri, 02 Sep 2016 07:00:41 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1310 The sale of the Israeli commercial satellite communications company Spacecom to Chinese telecommunications company Beijing Xinwei Technology Group is now in jeopardy after Spacecom’s Amos-6 communications satellite was destroyed when a static engine test of a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket went wrong at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, United States, on 1 September 2016. […]]]>