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SpaceX is scheduled to launch 24 Starlink satellites on the Starlink 17-29 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, continuing its rapid broadband constellation buildout.

A Falcon Heavy lifted ViaSat-3 F3 from Kennedy Space Center and completed another dual-booster landing, while the upper stage carried the six-ton communications satellite toward geosynchronous transfer orbit.

After a weather-related scrub, SpaceX is lining up another Falcon Heavy launch to send the final satellite in the ViaSat-3 series toward geosynchronous transfer orbit.

SpaceX is set to launch the final ViaSat-3 satellite on Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center, marking the rocket’s first mission in more than a year and a half and the close of Viasat’s decade-long satellite program.

A Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base is set to test another marker in SpaceX reusability: the company’s 600th Falcon booster landing attempt, using booster B1097 on its seventh flight.

The US Space Force says reliability issues with ULA’s Vulcan rocket are shaping future launch-buying decisions and could shift more missions toward SpaceX.

A Falcon 9 lifted Northrop Grumman’s NG-24 Cygnus XL freighter toward the International Space Station on April 11, carrying more than five tons of supplies and research cargo for the orbiting laboratory.

NASA is preparing to launch four astronauts on the 10-day Artemis 2 lunar mission on April 1, with agency officials stressing that the schedule is serious despite the date.

NASA has started the formal countdown for Artemis 2, with mission managers reporting no major issues ahead of the planned April 1 launch window.

NASA says the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has completed construction and is nearing the end of prelaunch testing, with the mission still targeting launch by May 2027 and potentially as early as fall 2026.

SpaceX has completed the first static fire test of its upgraded V3 Starship Super Heavy booster, a key milestone ahead of an expected April launch for the more powerful next-generation rocket.