Tag: Falcon 9
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SpaceX fires Falcon 9 booster on pad 39A, aims for comsat launch Thursday
A plume of exhaust erupts from the flame trench at pad 39A during a hold-down firing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday night. Credit: William Harwood/CBS News SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket Monday night at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, clearing the way for a launch Thursday with Qatar’s Es’hail 2 communications…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired at Kennedy Space Center
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the Es’hail 2 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Spaceflight Now Members can watch a live view of the launch pad. Become a member and support our coverage.…
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SpaceX lines up five launches to close out 2018
SpaceX’s launch manifest for the remainder of 2018 is beginning to take shape. The company has five launches remaining on its schedule for the year. Executing all of them would take SpaceX’s 2018 launch total to 22 – surpassing the launch provider’s previous record of 18 launches in a single year. The next mission on…
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Israel’s first mission to the moon – to launch on a Falcon 9 – delayed a few weeks
In the history of spaceflight, three nations have successfully landed a spacecraft on the surface of the moon. Israel hopes to be the fourth, as SpaceIL prepares their robotic lander to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceIL noted late on Wednesday that the mission has been delayed – albeit by only a couple…
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SpaceX aces first rocket landing in California after launching Argentine satellite
A Falcon 9 rocket launched Sunday night from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, with Argentina’s SAOCOM 1A radar observation satellite. Credit: SpaceX A Falcon 9 rocket launching an Argentine Earth-observing satellite streaked across the skies of Southern California on Sunday night, then its booster stage returned to Vandenberg Air Force Base for an on-target landing,…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches Argentine satellite, lands rocket in California
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with SAOCOM 1A, a radar observation satellite for Argentina. 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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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches with SAOCOM 1A and nails first West Coast landing
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the first West Coast return-to-launch-site mission Sunday. The launch, whose primary mission was to deploy Argentina’s SAOCOM 1A radar imaging satellite, took place from Vandenberg Air Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 4E at 19:22 Pacific Time (02:22 UTC on Monday). Falcon’s first stage successfully touched down at the nearby…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches with SAOCOM 1A and nails first West Coast landing
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the first West Coast return-to-launch-site mission Sunday. The launch, whose primary mission was to deploy Argentina’s SAOCOM 1A radar imaging satellite, took place from Vandenberg Air Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 4E at 19:22 Pacific Time (02:22 UTC on Monday). Falcon’s first stage successfully touched down at the nearby…
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Sonic-boom UFO show! SpaceX launches satellite, lands rocket booster in California
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti tweeted out this picture of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s contrail, glowing in Southern California’s skies after sunset. “Nope, definitely not aliens,” Garcetti wrote. (@MayorOfLA via Twitter) SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket executed its first on-land touchdown on the West Coast tonight after sending Argentina’s SAOCOM 1A satellite into orbit, putting…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket, landing pad ready for action at Vandenberg
The Falcon 9 rocket set to launch the SAOCOM 1A satellite stands on its launch pad Sunday. Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was raised vertical at Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sunday ahead of a planned liftoff with Argentina’s SAOCOM 1A radar observation satellite, and the…