SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday, Dec. 27 from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base. The mission will deliver an Earth observation satellite, CSG-3, into orbit for the Italian Space Agency. The rocket launch may be visible from ...

SpaceX is starting 2026 with a high profile mission that will light up the skies over California tonight, sending an Italian radar satellite into orbit on a reusable Falcon 9. The flight is poised to mark the company’s first launch of the year and an early test of how aggressively it plans to keep pushing commercial and government customers into space.

A Falcon 9 rocket will launch Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base on December 16. The launch window is set for the morning, and the rocket will fly on a southeast trajectory. While the base is closed to the public, numerous viewing ...

The mission's purpose is to deliver another batch of Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. The launch window is set for the night of Saturday, Dec. 13, into the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. Numerous viewing locations are available ...

Using debris modeling and simulations, the U.S. Space Force, the branch of the military that deals with the nation’s space interests, helped the FAA draw the contours of theoretical “debris response areas” — no-fly zones that could be activated if Starship exploded.