Tag: Falcon 9
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches GPS navigation satellite for U.S. Air Force
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with the U.S. Air Force’s GPS 3 SV01 navigation satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Spaceflight Now Members can watch a live view of Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. SpaceX’s…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with the GPS 3 SV01 navigation satellite
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Dec. 19, Dec. 21 and Dec. 22 with new target launch dates. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Sunday carrying the U.S. Air Force’s first GPS 3-series navigation satellite destined for an orbit more than 12,000 miles above Earth. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for…
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Air Force requirements will keep SpaceX from landing Falcon 9 booster after GPS launch
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Dec. 19, Dec. 21 and Dec. 22 for new target launch dates. The U.S. Air Force’s first upgraded GPS 3-series navigation satellite undergoes electromagnetic testing at Lockheed Martin’s factory in Denver. Credit: Lockheed Martin The demands of launching the first in an upgraded line of U.S. Air Force GPS navigation satellites, including a…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg on SSO-A rideshare mission
The first of two launches by SpaceX this week lifted off Monday, Dec. 3, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying 64 microsatellites and CubeSats to an orbit more than 350 miles (575 kilometers) above Earth. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10:34:05 a.m. PST (1:34:05 p.m. EST; 1834:05 GMT) Monday from Space…
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SpaceX sends cargo ship to space station, and then Falcon 9 booster spins and swims
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, sending a Dragon cargo ship into orbit. (NASA Photo) SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent a robotic Dragon cargo capsule into orbit today from Florida to deliver 5,600 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station, just two days…
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Video: Pre-launch briefings for SpaceX’s next space station resupply mission
Two panels of managers and scientists presented details of SpaceX’s 16th operational resupply flight to the International Space Station on the eve of its launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. The first video clip is the pre-launch press conference with senior NASA, SpaceX and U.S. Air Force officials. The second video includes…
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Photos: Falcon 9 poised for launch at pad 40
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was poised for launch Wednesday at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad carrying more than 5,600 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. The 213-foot-tall (65-meter) rocket is set for liftoff at 1:16 p.m. EST (1816 GMT) with a Dragon supply ship loaded with a NASA-sponsored instrument to…
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Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 16th resupply launch to the space station
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in less than 10 minutes Wednesday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 5,600 pounds of supplies and experiments. Liftoff is set for 1816 GMT (1:16 p.m. EST) Wednesday from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad.…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 boosts Dragon cargo ship to orbit, first stage misses landing target
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: SpaceX Two days after a successful launch from California, SpaceX fired off another Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Wednesday, this one carrying a Dragon cargo ship loaded with 5,660 pounds…
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Live coverage: SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft arrives at space station
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s 16th operational Dragon resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] [tabby title=”SpaceX Webcast”] [tabbyending]