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SpaceX is counting down to another launch -- its ninth of the month -- from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 7:29am PDT (10:29am EDT; 1429 UTC).

There are 10 satellites atop the Falcon 9 rocket for the US military's Space Development Agency.

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Elon Musk, SpaceX’s founder and chief executive, says crews have started construction of the first Starship orbital launch pad in Florida inside the gates of historic launch complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

📷: @inspiration4x @johnkrausphotos

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The Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample capsule is coasting toward Earth without propulsion, following separation from its parent spacecraft hours ago.

Landing in Australia is expected around 12:47pm EST (1747 GMT), or a few minutes later, depending on winds.

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Dragon astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are in their eight-hour sleep period.

They are schedule to wake up at 4:45am EDT (0845 GMT) Sunday to begin preps for docking with the International Space Station at 10:29am EDT (1429 GMT). https://t.co/1DF5tRjUzj

Here's a cutaway diagram from ULA of the Atlas 5 rocket, which is flying in the "501" configuration for today's mission, without any strap-on solid rocket boosters.

Liftoff with the X-37B spaceplane is set for 9:14am EDT (1314 GMT), 30 minutes from now. https://t.co/1oomiQJMsH

From the space station: Netherlands and Belgium, Great Lakes with aurora, star trails and city light streaks

Laser-carrying satellite launching Friday will inaugurate Europe’s new data relay system. https://t.co/K8T4GSFL61