Tag: Boeing 702MP
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Photos: Ariane 5 rolls to launch pad
These photos show Monday’s rollout of an Ariane 5 rocket on a 1.7-mile (2.7-kilometer) journey to its launch pad at the Guiana Space Center in South America. Towed along dual rail tracks behind a diesel-powered Titan tug, the Ariane 5 and its mobile launch platform were transferred from the spaceport’s final assembly building to the…
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Last-second launch abort grounds two U.S.-built communications satellites
Exhaust from the Ariane 5’s Vulcain 2 main engine erupts from the flame trench at the ELA-3 launch pad at the Guiana Space Center, as birds scatter from the sound generated at ignition. Credit: Arianespace An Ariane 5 countdown in French Guiana was aborted Tuesday with the European-made rocket’s main engine already running, postponing the…
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Video: Ariane 5 countdown halted after engine start
Video credit: Arianespace Liftoff of an Ariane 5 rocket from a tropical launch pad in South America was halted moments after its main engine ignited Tuesday in a rare last-second abort for the heavy-lift launcher. The Ariane 5 was counting down to liftoff at 2151 GMT (5:51 p.m. EDT; 6:51 p.m. French Guiana time), but…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket makes evening ascent from pad 39A
Look back on last week’s liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, capping a busy two weeks for the launch company with a successful satellite deployment flight for Intelsat. The Falcon 9 rocket took off from Florida’s Space Coast at 7:38 p.m. EDT (2338 GMT) Wednesday, July…
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SpaceX delivers for Intelsat on heavyweight Falcon 9 mission
Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rumbled into the sky Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, flexing the rocket’s muscles and lofting a massive Intelsat satellite to orbit supporting wireless communications, television broadcasting and trans-Atlantic data relays. Recovering from back-to-back countdown aborts earlier in the week, the two-stage, 229-foot-tall (70-meter) launcher lit…
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Video replay of the Falcon 9 rocket’s liftoff with Intelsat 35e
Video credit: SpaceX Launching its 10th mission this year, SpaceX delivered an Intelsat communications satellite to a high-altitude transfer orbit Wednesday with a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon 9 took off at 7:38 p.m. EDT (2338 GMT) Wednesday and released the Intelsat 35e communications satellite into a “supersynchronous”…
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Video: Press site view of the Falcon 9’s launch with Intelsat 35e
Watch a view of the Falcon 9 rocket’s liftoff Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center as seen from the press site around three miles from the launch pad. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket lifted off at 7:38 p.m. EDT (2338 GMT) Wednesday with the Intelsat 35e communications satellite, powering into the evening sky atop 1.7 million…
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Launch of Falcon 9 rocket scrubbed second day in a row
Updated at 4:30 a.m. EDT (0830 GMT) July 4. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and the Intelsat 35e communications satellite at launch pad 39A during Monday’s final countdown. Credit: SpaceX For the second day running, computers automatically aborted a Falcon 9 launch countdown Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the final seconds before…
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SpaceX scrubs Sunday launch attempt with Intelsat relay satellite
A computer-triggered abort halted the countdown of a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, pushing back the next mission in SpaceX’s launch surge until at least Monday. The 229-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket was counting down to liftoff with an Intelsat communications satellite at 7:36 p.m. EDT (2336 GMT) Monday, and…
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Video: SpaceX aborts launch countdown in final seconds
SpaceX scrubbed the launch of a nearly 7.5-ton Intelsat communications satellite Sunday after a computer-triggered abort halted the countdown in the final 10 seconds. The next launch opportunity from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida could be Monday at 7:37 p.m. EDT (2337 GMT), assuming engineers can resolve the problem. The Falcon 9 rocket is…