Two launches bookend August 4th on Cape Canaveral

Michael Howard

August 5, 2022

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Florida's Space Coast began and ended its day with missions launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The twin launchpads SLC-40 and SLC-41 hosted missions from SpaceX and ULA respectively with the shortest interval between launches since the 1960s.

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket takes flight with the Nilesat 301 satellite.  Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space

SpaceX Launches Nilesat-301

Falcon 9 Booster 1062 performs its seventh flight and recovery, while lofting a communications satellite for the Nilesat Company.

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Capsule 'Freedom' soar to orbit across Florida's skies in this two-image composite photo.

SpaceX Delivers 4th Operational Crew Rotation to ISS

Mission Commander Kjell Lindgren, Pilot Bob Hines, Mission Specialists Jessica Watkins (NASA) and Samantha Cristoforetti (ESA) fly to the International Space Station aboard Crew Dragon Freedom.

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 lifts of from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center, carrying four private astronauts to the International Space Station.  Photo credit: Michael Howard / We Report Space

SpaceX launches first all-private mission to the ISS

"What a historic launch!" - NASA Administrator Bill Nelson

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Mid-morning Florida sunlight shines upon the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it propels the Transporter-3 mission off the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo credit: Michael Howard / We Report Space

Sunny launch for Sun-synchronous payload

SpaceX delivers a payload of micro- and nano-satellites to a heliosynchronous orbit from Cape Canaveral.

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