Tag: Boeing
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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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NASA declares first SLS core stage complete
All four RS-25 engines, leftovers from the space shuttle program, have been installed on the first Space Launch System core stage. Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon NASA has declared assembly complete on the core stage for the first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket in New Orleans, signaling a long-awaited transition from manufacturing to testing as the core…
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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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NASA gives go-ahead for Starliner test flight to space station
Boeing’s first space-ready Starliner capsule stands atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad. Credit: United Launch Alliance NASA officials cleared Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft for flight Thursday after a “thorough and comprehensive” review of the crew capsule’s readiness, setting the stage for final pre-launch preparations at Cape Canaveral…
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It’s all systems go from NASA for uncrewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner to space station
Perched atop its Atlas 5 rocket, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi is being prepared for launch. (United Launch Alliance Photo) After conducting a flight readiness review today, NASA gave its go-ahead for launching Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi on an uncrewed demonstration flight to the International Space Station on Dec. 20. Starliner is due for…
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ULA rehearses countdown for first Starliner launch on Atlas 5 rocket
United Launch Alliance fueled an Atlas 5 rocket Friday at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad during a countdown dress rehearsal with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Credit: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance teams ran through an 11-hour countdown Friday at Cape Canaveral to rehearse procedures before the first flight of a modified Atlas 5 rocket…
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Live coverage: Practice countdown completed for Starliner and Atlas 5
Live coverage of preparations for the next United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launch from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on an unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. The Boeing CST-100 Starliner…
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Photos: Starliner makes first appearance on launch pad
This gallery of photos shows the rollout Tuesday of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket and Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule to pad 41 at Cape Canaveral, plus additional views of the 172-foot-tall (52.4-meter) launcher standing next to the crew access tower Wednesday as teams prepared for a countdown rehearsal. The Atlas 5 rode its mobile…