Tag: Badr 8

Watch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Arabsat’s Badr 8 communications satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SFN Live”]  [tabbyending] SpaceX kicked off Memorial Day weekend with an overnight launch Saturday…

EDITOR’S NOTE:  Updated May 24 after the scrub of the first Badr 8 launch attempt, then with launch delay to Friday.  SpaceX scrubbed a launch attempt early Wednesday at Cape Canaveral due to thick cloud cover, then delayed the liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket with an Airbus-built communications satellite for Arabsat until Friday…