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Startup launches broadband satellite on SpaceX rocket to connect Pacific islands
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket streaks downrange from Cape Canaveral Monday night with the JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 communications satellite. Credit: SpaceX A hefty communications satellite built by Boeing and launched by SpaceX Monday night from Cape Canaveral is on the way to a lofty perch more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the Pacific Ocean,…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches Boeing-built telecom satellite for Asia-Pacific
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with the JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 communications satellite for Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. and Kacific Broadband Satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior to launch,…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with JCSAT 8/Kacific 1
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Monday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 communications satellite into orbit around 33 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 7:10…
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SpaceX performs hold-down firing for heavyweight satellite launch Monday
A previously-flown Falcon 9 booster ignited its nine Merlin engines at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad for a test-firing at 1:20 p.m. EST (1820 GMT) Friday. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now A test-firing of a twice-flown Falcon 9 booster Friday at Cape Canaveral paved the way for SpaceX’s next launch, scheduled for Monday night with…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 set for launch Monday from Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch the JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 communications satellite for Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. and Kacific Broadband Satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Credit: Spaceflight Now Check…
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SES selects SpaceX for two Falcon 9 launches
File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, the expected launch site for the first satellites in the O3b mPower constellation. Credit: SpaceX Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches will loft seven high-throughput broadband satellites for SES’s O3b mPower constellation in 2021, SES announced this week. The two launches are expected…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket takes off with the Amos 17 satellite
These photos taken Aug. 6 show the liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Israeli-owned Amos 17 communications satellite, backdropped by dreary skies after thunderstorms passed through Cape Canaveral earlier in the day. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket took off at 7:23 p.m. EDT (2323 GMT) on Aug. 6 from Cape Canaveral’s…
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SpaceX successfully launches Israeli-owned telecom satellite
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with the Amos 17 communications satellite at 7:23 p.m. EDT (2323 GMT) Tuesday from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX carried the Israeli-owned Amos 17 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral into orbit Tuesday on top of a Falcon 9 launcher, nearly three years after…
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Photos: Amos 17 satellite encapsulated for launch
The Amos 17 satellite during encapsulation inside the Falcon 9 payload fairing. Credit: Spacecom Ltd. / SpaceX These photos show the enclosure of the Boeing-built Amos 17 commercial communications satellite, owned by the Tel Aviv-based operator Spacecom Ltd., ahead of liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. Ground crews from SpaceX and…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 launches with the Amos 17 communications satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with the Amos 17 communications satellite for Spacecom Ltd. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior to launch, and will be available on this page.