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SpaceX rocket and Israeli satellite destroyed in launch pad explosion
Updated with quotes and 45th Space Wing release. Credit: US Launch Report A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded in the final minutes of a simulated countdown at Cape Canaveral on Thursday, destroying the booster and an Israeli communications satellite valued at nearly $200 million. The mishap on Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad Thursday will…
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Video: Falcon 9 rocket explodes on the launch pad
Watch as a 23-story Falcon 9 rocket explodes Thursday morning during a countdown before a pre-launch engine hotfire test at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. The video was captured a few miles from the launch pad by U.S. Launch Report and posted on YouTube. The incident occurred at 9:07 a.m. EDT (1307 GMT), a…
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Tropical storm could be a factor in SpaceX launch Saturday
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket before a launch in May. Credit: SpaceX Weather forecasters at Cape Canaveral are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Hermine in the Gulf of Mexico in case winds and thick clouds from the cyclone threaten the scheduled launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Saturday. The Falcon…