Tag: B1046
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg on SSO-A rideshare mission
The first of two launches by SpaceX this week lifted off Monday, Dec. 3, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying 64 microsatellites and CubeSats to an orbit more than 350 miles (575 kilometers) above Earth. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10:34:05 a.m. PST (1:34:05 p.m. EST; 1834:05 GMT) Monday from Space…
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Photos: Twice-flown Falcon 9 rocket prepared for third mission
SpaceX is readying a Falcon 9 rocket booster for launch Monday at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on a record-setting mission with 64 smallsats on-board that will also mark the launch provider’s first use of the same first stage for a third flight. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is set for liftoff at 10:31:47 a.m. PST…
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Spaceflight’s 64-satellite rideshare mission set to last five hours
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Falcon 9 rocket launched on the SSO-A mission at 10:34:05 a.m. PST (1:34:05 p.m. EST; 1834:05 GMT) Monday, Dec. 3. Story updated at 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT) to remove ROSE 1 from the payload list. Video credit: Spaceflight Industries When SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket takes off with 64 small satellites — a payload…
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SpaceX launches swarm of satellites, flies rocket for third time
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off Monday at 10:34 a.m. PST (1:34 p.m. EST; 1834 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX Setting new commercial launch and satellite industry records, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled by a first stage booster launched and recovered two times before soared…
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Timeline of Falcon 9’s launch on the SSO-A mission
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent to orbit with 64 smallsats on Spaceflight’s SSO-A: SmallSat Express rideshare mission. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket will lift off Monday at 10:31 a.m. PST (1:31 p.m. EST; 1831 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Data source: SpaceX T-0:00:00:…