Rocket landings aren't the only aspect of SpaceX's reuse program. The company also commonly recovers and re-flies its payload fairings, the clamshell coverings that protect satellites during ...

a payload fairing that protects the satellite during its transit through the atmosphere. SpaceX briefly studied recovering the second stage of the Falcon 9 but concluded it was not feasible ...

A routine liftoff at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday afternoon launched the three-day holiday weekend and set a milestone for the Falcon 9 rocket

Satellite manufacturer Apex has unveiled its largest spacecraft yet, a bus designed to serve commercial and government constellation customers.

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket put on a dazzling display of pyrotechnics Sunday evening as the heavy lifter ferried two government payloads to space. Roughly eight minutes later, spectators were ...

Stacked 28-tall inside the Falcon 9 fairing, the newest additions to SpaceX's Starlink megaconstellation ... releasing them from the rocket's payload adapter one hour into flight.

"Fairing deployment confirmed ... This Sunday launch window lasts from 12:24 a.m. to 4:55 a.m. at pad 39A. Mission: SpaceX will launch another payload of Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket into low-Earth orbit, according to a Federal Aviation ...

Recycling the first-stage booster and payload fairing halves allows SpaceX to reduce the cost of its rockets and time between missions. It was the sixth launch of 2025 from Vandenberg, with all of ...

Seeing the name of the mission printed on the payload fairings is a rarity, especially with SpaceX recovering and reusing fairings. SES states that O3b mPOWER is specifically designed for the data ...

Categorized as a heavy-lift launch vehicle, it packs more than twice the power that SpaceX’s workhorse ... the vehicle’s nose cone, or payload fairing, that’s designed to shield cargo ...