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Lia De La Cruz
SpaceX wraps up Starlink launches for 2022
SpaceX’s final Starlink launch for the year took flight from Florida at 9:34 UTC on December 28, 2022. Watch a recorded livestream and learn more here.
December 27, 2022
No SpaceX Starlink launches for November
SpaceX did not launch any Starlink satellites for the month of November 2022. Read more about the satellites, and how to spot them, here.
November 17, 2022
Launches: SpaceX Starlink launches for October
SpaceX's most recent Starlink launch took flight from California at 01:14 UTC on October 28, 2022. Watch a recorded livestream and learn more here.
October 27, 2022
Launches: SpaceX wraps up Starlink launches for September
Starlink Group 4-35 - SpaceX's final Starlink launch this month - took flight at 23:32 UTC on September 24, 2022, from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
September 26, 2022
Starlink satellites can look like a plume or train of light
Have you seen a plume of light soaring through the sky? Or maybe a group of bright dots crossing the night sky together? It's probably Starlink.
September 12, 2022
Launches: SpaceX wraps up Starlink launches for August
SpaceX had five Starlink launches scheduled for August 2022. Starlink Group 3-4 took flight today, August 31, from the Vandenberg SFB in California.
August 30, 2022
Space
Launches and spaceflight updates: Week of August 8, 2022
Looking for this week’s Launches blog? Click here. EarthSky’s Launches blog, with Dave Adalian and Lia De La Cruz, brings...
August 8, 2022
Space
Launches and spaceflight updates: Week of August 1, 2022
Launches updates for the week of August 1, 2022: South Korea launches its first moon mission, Elon Musk hints at a date for Starship, and more.
August 1, 2022
Space
Launches and spaceflight updates: Week of July 25, 2022
China launched an unknown payload on Friday (July 29, 2022). An uncontrolled re-entry was planned, for the 2nd time this month.
July 25, 2022
Launches and spaceflight updates for week of July 18, 2022
Launches and spaceflight updates for the week of July 18, 2022. Pop band goes to space. Will Artemis 1 launch on August 29? SpaceX breaks a record. Buzz Aldrin sells moon memorabilia.
July 18, 2022
