2025 The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued hauling the 74 payloads to orbit. They were deployed over a roughly 90-minute stretch that begins about 54 minutes after liftoff according to ...

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is capable of launching payloads into geosynchronous orbit, over 22,000 miles (35,000 km) above our planet. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches the X-37B space plane on the ...

The Falcon Heavy is capable of launching payloads over 22,000 feet above Earth, so the X-37B was launched higher than any other spaceplane and flew in a highly elliptical orbit. The purpose of its ...

U.S. Space Force's unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 has concluded its seventh mission, successfully deorbiting and ...

Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ: RKLB) was one of the many space stocks that went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition ...

The Falcon Heavy is designed to bring larger payloads to orbit than the company's Falcon 9 rocket. Effectively, the Heavy acts as three Falcon 9s strapped together, allowing it to launch larger ...

That's possible, given the Falcon Heavy rocket's ability to carry payloads up into geosynchronous orbit 22,000 miles (35,000 km) above Earth. Shelong, meanwhile, is reported to have reached only ...

The X-37B is a reusable robotic space plane operated by the US Space Force. It resembles a miniature space shuttle at just ...