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SpaceX will stream that launch live through its profile on X, beginning about five minutes before liftoff.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2025
About nine minutes after liftoff, the company lost contact with Starship and the rocket’s upper stage broke apart over parts of the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
On Tuesday, the nation marks the 39th anniversary of the explosion that destroyed Challenger 73 seconds after liftoff after a failure in the shuttle’s right solid rocket booster.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, will carry the 23 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit, deploying them there about 64 minutes after liftoff.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 24 Jan. 2025
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2025
About nine minutes after liftoff, the company lost contact with Starship and the rocket’s upper stage broke apart over parts of the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
On Tuesday, the nation marks the 39th anniversary of the explosion that destroyed Challenger 73 seconds after liftoff after a failure in the shuttle’s right solid rocket booster.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, will carry the 23 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit, deploying them there about 64 minutes after liftoff.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 24 Jan. 2025
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