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Live coverage: SpaceX launches previously-flown rocket
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the SES 10 communications satellite. SpaceX’s live video coverage begins at approximately 6:07 p.m. EDT (2207 GMT). Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Previously flown Falcon 9 rocket lifted upright in readiness for launch
Watch a time-lapse video of the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket being lifted into place on pad 39A in readiness for the launch of the SES 10 communications satellite. This will be a major milestone for SpaceX as it will mark the first time a flown Falcon 9 first stage has been reused. The transport…
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Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster ready for second launch
A Falcon 9 rocket is standing on launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for liftoff Thursday to carry the SES 10 communications satellite into orbit on the first mission SpaceX has attempted to re-fly one of its used boosters. Standing 229 feet (70 meters) tall, the slender white booster shows signs…
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SpaceX ready to put rocket reuse vision to the test
The Falcon 9 rocket set to launch with the SES 10 satellite is seen inside SpaceX’s hangar at launch pad 39A. Credit: SpaceX A Falcon 9 booster that flew into space last year is set to launch again Thursday from Florida’s Space Coast with an SES communications satellite on a historic mission that could make…
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Launches from Kourou temporarily suspended by social unrest
A barricade outside the Guiana Space Center. Credit: France Guyane The launch an Ariane 5 rocket with Brazilian and Korean communications satellites that was set for this week has been postponed indefinitely after protesters blocked access to the French Guiana spaceport. The heavy-lift launcher was scheduled to lift off Tuesday, but widespread protests and a…
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Ariane 5 launch pushed back to Wednesday by labor strikes in Kourou
The Ariane 5’s payload fairing is lowered over the Koreasat 7 satellite March 11. The main thruster of the SGDC communications craft, which will ride in the upper position inside the Ariane 5 fairing, is visible above Koreasat 7. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon A work stoppage at the…
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Photos: EchoStar 23 takes flight on Falcon 9 rocket
The EchoStar 23 communications satellite, on the way to a 15-year service life broadcasting television signals, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Thursday from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 12,345-pound (5,600-kilogram) spacecraft took off at 2 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT) aboard the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 booster. Around 34…
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Photos: Falcon 9 flies off pad 39A
Climbing into a clear night sky, a Falcon 9 rocket soared into space early Thursday with the EchoStar 23 commercial communications satellite from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) booster took off at 2 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT) after delays caused by high winds. The U.S.-built, U.S.-owned EchoStar…
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Watch the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch the EchoStar 23 satellite
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, carrying the EchoStar 23 commercial television broadcast satellite into orbit. Video: SpaceX.
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TV broadcast satellite launched aboard Falcon 9 rocket
Updated to add spacecraft status and orbit information. The Falcon 9 rocket streaks downrange in this long exposure photo from atop the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched into a starry moonlit sky Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, making a…