SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on Friday for the GPS III-7 mission to medium-Earth orbit from Florida.

The image below, courtesy of the National Reconnaissance Office, shows an exploded diagram of the Falcon 9 and payload scheduled to launch Thursday.

The lull stems chiefly from the temporary grounding of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which suffered an anomaly on July 11 that led to the loss of its payload, 20 of the company's Starlink broadband ...

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SpaceX recently hit some notable milestones with its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket, and even in the full context of history, the performance of the vehicle is pretty incredible. Last Tuesday ...

It was only about 10 days ago that the Falcon 9 rocket's upper stage failed in flight, preventing the rocket from delivering its 20 Starlink satellites into a proper orbit. Because they were relea ...

The malfunction likely will impact plans to launch entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and three crewmates at the end of the month atop a Falcon 9 on a commercial flight that is to include the first ...