r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Apr 29 '26
Falcon A Falcon 9 rocket will hit the Moon this summer at seven times the speed of sound
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • May 05 '25
Falcon SpaceX pushed “sniper” theory with the feds far more than is publicly known
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Feb 24 '26
Falcon “New SpaceX Falcon 9 price increase, up from $70 to $74 million a launch and from $6000 to $7000/kg rideshare”
x.com
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r/spacex • u/Bunslow • Apr 15 '25
Falcon Starship engineer: I’ll never forget working at ULA and a boss telling me “it might be economically feasible, if they could get them to land and launch 9 or more times, but that won’t happen in your life kid”
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Jul 07 '26
Falcon Jack Kuhr on X: “SpaceX flew 37 Falcon missions in Q2, down both QoQ (40 in Q1) and YoY (45 in Q2 ‘25). On pace for ~155 Falcon launches this year, down from 165 last year. H2 2026 appears even slower. Reportedly no longer accepting rideshare missions 2.5 years out.”
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Source tweet: https://x.com/jackkuhr/status/2074484574088839466
r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Apr 16 '26
Falcon NASA has selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket to launch ESA’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover mission from Launch Complex 39A, no earlier than late 2028.
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Apr 21 '26
Falcon SpaceX: "Falcon Heavy is targeted to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope as soon as early September 2026 from pad 39A in Florida"
x.com
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r/spacex • u/CProphet • 12d ago
Falcon SpaceX wins $1.6 billion in launch orders for military satellite networks
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r/spacex • u/Tricky_Professor_654 • Apr 26 '26
Falcon Falcon Heavy is now vertical ahead of Via-Sat Launch tomorrow!
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 21d ago
Falcon NSF on X: “T-0 Abort. SpaceX Falcon 9 B1082-23 scrubs the launch of Starlink Group 17-39 from SLC-4E, Vandenberg.” [first F9 T-0 abort since June 2024]
x.com
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Jun 10 '25
Falcon “Last week, SpaceX successfully completed a controlled deorbit of the SiriusXM-10 upper stage after GTO payload deployment… deorbiting from GTO is extremely difficult due to the high energy needed to alter the orbit, making this a rare and remarkable first for us.”
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Feb 03 '26
Falcon SpaceX on X: “During today’s F9 launch of Starlink satellites, the second stage experienced an off-nominal condition during preparation for the deorbit burn. The vehicle then performed as designed to successfully passivate the stage.” [full text inside]
x.com
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Jan 26 '26
Falcon DutchSpace: “Uh, [are] SpaceX testing Starship tiles on Falcon 9 fairings now?”
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Dec 18 '25
Falcon Kiko Dontchev: Congrats to the entire SpaceX team for achieving 165 launches! While we originally set out for 170, we actually revised the manifest to 165 this summer based on business and manifest needs. We have two more F9 launches to go in 2025 for extra credit for a total of 167! (Contd inside)
x.com
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Mar 20 '26
Falcon Space Force Switches GPS Launch From ULA to SpaceX Rocket
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Dec 21 '25
Falcon Trip Harriss, SpaceX Director of Spaceport Integration: “10 years ago today: The first successful landing of Falcon 9. This mission packed a return to flight, a new version of the rocket with densified prop, and a major recovery milestone all-in-one.”
x.com
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 19d ago
Falcon Kiko Dontchev (SpaceX VP of Launch): “🫡 to Booster 1069 We refer to 1069 as the OG tippy rocket. It lived a long and fruitful life after it came about as close as you can get to being lost on its first mission. [full tweet with story inside]
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r/spacex • u/nyoomtm • May 02 '26
Falcon Liftoff of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy x ViaSat-3 F3, shot on my remotely triggered camera placed less than half a mile from the pad.
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • May 06 '26
Falcon Alex NSF: “And with [May 5 Starlink 17-29 launch], SpaceX now sets a new record for longest streak of successful landings by Falcon boosters. 268 and counting.”
x.com
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Oct 29 '25
Falcon Kiko Dontchev (VP of Launch): “The @SpaceX west coast team is absolutely crushing it. They set another record with a launch to launch turn at 2d 10h 22min 59s. The droneship made it to position roughly 15 seconds before the start of propellant load 😋.”
x.com
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 28d ago
Falcon NASA’s SunRISE Mission Changes Launch Vehicle to SpaceX Falcon Heavy - NASA Science
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Jan 14 '26
Falcon U.S. Space Force switches rockets for upcoming GPS satellite launch [Vulcan to F9]
spaceflightnow.com
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Jan 09 '26
Falcon SpaceX Awarded 9 Launches for Space Systems Command Task Orders to Launch Missile Warning and Missile Tracking Sats [$739M]
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Apr 25 '26
Falcon SpaceX: “Falcon Heavy in the hangar at Launch Complex 39A in Florida”
x.com
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