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The company has been working with an observatory and the US National Science Foundation to study the effects of lowering its satellites to 350km (217 miles) versus 550km.

SpaceX has quickly become something of a taxi service for space travel, allowing private companies and governments alike to affordably send satellites into orbit for research and commercial purposes. The frequent launches have reportedly become something of a nightmare for those who live near the launch sites, however.

SpaceX has lined up its first launch from Kennedy Space Center for the year on Wednesday morning. A Falcon 9 carrying 21 Starlink satellites is targeting a 10:27 a.m. liftoff from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A during a window that runs until 2:17 p.

SpaceX is gearing up to launch Starship for its seventh test flight, attempting to deploy Starlink mock-ups from the rocket for the first time. Starship is set for liftoff as early as Friday, January 10,

Launch from Starbase Orbital Launch Pad A in South Texas is currently scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Eastern (2200 GMT) Jan. 10. The launch window will be open for 97 minutes, with backup days running to Jan. 16. You'll be able to tune into the livestream on Space.com, if SpaceX makes it available as usual.

SpaceX on Monday launched a Falcon 9 rocket with its first Starlink mission of the new year, sending 24 satellites to low-Earth orbit from Florida.

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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now scheduled to launch to the moon at 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 GMT) on Wednesday, Jan. 15, taking off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission, known as "Ghost Riders in the Sky," will see Blue Ghost will ride to space aboard SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket.

SpaceX sent up the second launch of the year from the Space Coast on Monday afternoon. A Falcon 9 carrying 24 of the company's Starlink internet satellites took off at 3:43 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40.