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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrived at the Kennedy Space Center earlier in the day on Sunday and is being prepped for off-loading from the Pegasus barge.

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Liftoff of the Falcon 9 carrying 24 Starlink satellites. Watch live: https://t.co/Blu5b2yS04

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SpaceX is fueling a Falcon 9 rocket for a liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:39 a.m. PDT (12:39 p.m. EDT / 1639 UTC). Watch live coverage: https://t.co/Blu5b2yS04

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NASA's Pegasus barge has once again returned to the Kennedy Space Center. This time, it's here to drop off the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope ahead of its launch at the end of the summer.

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Liftoff of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket on the NROL-179 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:50:45 a.m. PDT (4:50:45 a.m. EDT / 0850:45 UTC)!

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SpaceX is fueling its Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of launching the NROL-179 mission at 1:50:45 a.m. PDT (4:50:45 a.m. EDT / 0850:45 UTC).

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Arianespace confirms deployment of all 36 Amazon Leo satellites.

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The Artemis 3 mission will be entirely in low Earth orbit. The Blue Moon Mark 2 lander prototype will launch first and then Orion. The two will dock for a few days or so and then Orion will wait for a Starship V3 with a docking adapter. Those two will dock, undock, and then the astronauts will splashdown off the coast of California.

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NASA is potentially about a year away from beginning the Artemis 3 mission. The LEO Orion flight will see it dock with SpaceX and Blue Origin Moon lander prototypes. We took a broad look at the crew, the hardware and the architecture.

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The first three Amazon Leo satellites have been deployed from the Ariane 6 rocket's upper stage. There are a dozen deployment events to release all 36 satellites.

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The second burn of the Vinci upper-stage engine is complete. Deployment of the 36 Amazon Leo satellites should begin around 10:47 a.m. local time (9:47 a.m. EDT / 1347 UTC).

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Liftoff of Arianespace’s Ariane 64 rocket at 1221:52 UTC from French Guiana, carrying 36 Amazon Leo satellites onboard. This was the debut of Arianespace’s P160C solid rocket motors as well.

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Arianespace reset their clock and is now targeting liftoff of the 36 Amazon Leo satellites at 9:21:52 a.m. local time (8:21:52 a.m. EDT / 1221:52 UTC).

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Teams in French Guiana are currently no-go for launch of the Ariane 64 rocket at the moment. We're standing by for the establishment of a new T-0 liftoff time.

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Arianespace is scheduled to launch its third batch of Amazon Leo satellites to date. This will be its heaviest and largest payload to date. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:53:52 a.m. local time (7:53:52 a.m. EDT / 1153:52 UTC).

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Here's a view of one of the BlueBird satellites following deployment.

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SpaceX confirmed deployment of the first of three of AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird satellites. BlueBird 10 and 9 have both deployed. BlueBird 8 should separate about five minutes from now.

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Liftoff of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the AST SpaceMobile BlueBird 8-10 mission at 2:39 a.m. EDT (0639 UTC)!

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SpaceX is now fueling its Falcon 9 rocket at pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in preparation for the launch of AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 8-10 mission. Liftoff is set for 2:39 a.m. EDT (0639 UTC).

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SpaceX is counting down to the launch of three Block 2 satellites for AST SpaceMobile’s in-orbit cellular service. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 2:39 a.m. EDT (0639 UTC). Watch live: https://t.co/F3d2SLM1d8

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On Wednesday morning, @SpaceX is set to launch three @AST_SpaceMobile Block 2 BlueBird satellites. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 2:39 a.m. EDT (0639 UTC).

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