Tag: Boeing
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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.
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Air Force’s Cape Canaveral commander excited for two launches in less than 36 hours
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket taking off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Credit: SpaceX U.S. Air Force officials signed off Monday on a plan for SpaceX and United Launch Alliance, rivals in the launch services market, to fire off Falcon 9 and Atlas 5 rockets from neighboring launch pads…
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Two launches on tap from Florida’s Space Coast this week
A test-firing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday evening kicked up a cloud of exhaust at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. SpaceX conducted another test-firing Saturday night after replacing a valve. Credit: Spaceflight Now SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral on Saturday evening, clearing the way for a delayed liftoff…
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Live coverage: SpaceX conducts second static fire test ahead of Amos 17 launch
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 Amos 17 commercial communications satellite for Spacecom Ltd. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket fires its engines Wednesday at pad…
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Investigators conclude external forces killed an Intelsat satellite in April
Artist’s concept of the Intelsat 29e satellite with antennas and solar panels unfurled. Credit: Intelsat Investigators probing the sudden failure of the Boeing-built Intelsat 29e geostationary relay station in April have concluded an electrostatic discharge, aggravated by a harness flaw on the spacecraft, or a micrometeoroid strike prematurely ended the satellite’s mission, resulting in a…
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Photos: SpaceX completes resupply run to International Space Station
A SpaceX Dragon capsule packed with more than 5,000 pounds of hardware, provisions and experiments launched July 25 from Cape Canaveral and arrived at the International Space Station two days later. The Dragon spacecraft lifted off at 6:01:56 p.m. EDT (2201:56 GMT) July 25 on top of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral’s Complex…
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NASA opts to go ahead with full-duration SLS core stage test-firing
A pathfinder model for the SLS core stage arrives at the B-2 test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA After considering canceling a planned full-duration test-firing of the Space Launch System’s core stage in Mississippi ahead of the heavy-lift rocket’s first flight, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced this week that the…
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SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule arrives at space station
The Dragon cargo capsule in the grasp of the space station’s robotic arm Saturday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A SpaceX Dragon supply ship arrived at the International Space Station Saturday carrying a new docking mechanism, a spacesuit for future spacewalks, and a 3D bioprinter to test the feasibility of manufacturing human tissue in microgravity. Astronaut…
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New docking port, spacesuit and supplies en route to space station
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:01:56 p.m. EDT (2201:56 GMT) Thursday. Credit: SpaceX A break in thunderstorms streaming across Central Florida allowed a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule to blast off Thursday from Cape Canaveral in pursuit of the International Space…