{"id":883075,"date":"2026-09-04T13:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/883075\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T13:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:08:12","slug":"rocket-report-engines-installed-for-artemis-iii-long-march-6c-breakup-in-leo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/883075\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Report: Engines installed for Artemis III; Long March 6C breakup in LEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unleashing Starlink V3\u2026 The orbital flight will allow SpaceX to deploy operational payloads. A batch of SpaceX\u2019s next-generation Starlink \u201cVersion 3\u201d satellites will launch on Flight 14. The new Starlink V3s are too large to fit on SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket, and they offer significant performance upgrades over the Starlink V2s that currently populate the network. SpaceX has not said how many Starlink V3s will launch on Flight 14. The company deployed 20 Starlink V3s on the previous Starship flight in July, but those satellites did not enter orbit. They reentered the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, as intended, as Starship headed for a controlled splashdown northwest of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin breaks ground on satellite hangar. While Blue Origin plows ahead with its reconstruction of its New Glenn launch pad at Cape Canaveral, damaged in a massive explosion earlier this year, it is also moving forward with new construction of an adjacent facility that will help the US Space Force, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/09\/02\/blue-origin-breaks-ground-on-new-canaveral-facility-ordered-up-by-space-force\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Orlando Sentinel reports<\/a>.\u00a0Jeff Bezos\u2019 company was\u00a0awarded a $78 million contract last year by Space Systems Command to construct a space vehicle processing facility on Florida\u2019s Space Coast by 2028. The hangar won\u2019t be just for Blue Origin, though, but will support any launch provider flying national security payloads.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking big\u2026 The Payload Processing Facility (PPF) will cover 120,000 square feet and will be large enough to accommodate Blue Origin\u2019s planned 25.5-foot-diameter (8.7-meter) payload fairing for the company\u2019s upgraded New Glenn rocket. Dave Limp, Blue Origin\u2019s CEO, said the facility will house four payload processing bays, two encapsulation bays, and a multi\u2011manifest area supporting National Security Space Launch, civil, and commercial missions. Blue Origin is on a building spree at Cape Canaveral, with the rebuild of its partially destroyed launch pad at Launch Complex 36, the construction of a second launch pad, and now the PPF.<\/p>\n<p>Next three launches<\/p>\n<p>September 4: Spectrum | Onward and Upward | And\u00f8ya Spaceport, Norway | 20:00 UTC<\/p>\n<p>September 6: Falcon 9 | Starlink 15-24 | Vandenberg Space Force Base, California | 10:59 UTC<\/p>\n<p>September 9: Long March 2D | Unknown Payload | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China | 09:00 UTC<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rocket.png\" class=\"center full\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unleashing Starlink V3\u2026 The orbital flight will allow SpaceX to deploy operational payloads. 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