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Historical Falcon 9 launch carrying Sentinel-6B from Vandenberg on November 16, 2025, with bright exhaust against a dark sky; not USSF-432.

Falcon 9 Launches USSF-432, and OCISLY Welcomes the Booster Home πŸš€

Posted on November 7, 2026November 7, 2026 by The Star Queen

Friends, a classified payload means there is plenty we cannot say about a launch. But this one gives me a familiar favorite to celebrate: Of Course I Still Love You, waiting in the Pacific to bring a Falcon 9 booster safely home. Liftoff From Vandenberg SpaceX launched the U.S. Space Force’s USSF-432 mission on Friday,…

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Astronauts servicing the Hubble Space Telescope during STS-125

Lost in Commissioning: Starfish Space’s First Otter Goes Silent πŸ¦¦πŸ›°οΈ

Posted on November 5, 2026November 5, 2026 by The Star Queen

Starfish Space’s first full-size Otter, a NASA-funded spacecraft built to sneak up on dead satellites and inspect them, has gone quiet for good. A software safety system switched off its own radio. Here’s what happened and why the satellite-servicing dream isn’t over.

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A Falcon 9 rocket climbs into a dark night sky on a bright column of orange-white flame, trailing a plume of exhaust

700 and Counting: Falcon 9 Hits a Huge Milestone on Halloween Eve πŸŽƒπŸš€

Posted on October 31, 2026October 31, 2026 by The Star Queen

SpaceX’s workhorse just flew for the 700th time, on a spooky-season Starlink run from California. Here’s what that number really means, the booster that made it happen, and why Falcon 9’s story is starting its final chapters as Starship takes the stage.

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