Tag: Falcon 9
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Merah Putih for first Block 5 reflight
SpaceX kept up its impressive launch pace as the company reused its first Block 5 Falcon 9 booster in Tuesday’s launch of Merah Putih. Liftoff, from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, occurred at the opening of a two-hour window at 01:18 Eastern Time (05:18 UTC). This was the first…
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Indonesian communications satellite deployed in orbit by SpaceX
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at 1:18 a.m. EDT (0518 GMT) Tuesday with the Merah Putih communications satellite. Credit: SpaceX Keeping up a run of middle-of-the-night launches from Cape Canaveral, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket powered by a recycled first stage booster climbed into orbit early Tuesday with the Indonesian Merah Putih communications satellite.…
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Spaceflight’s SmallSat Express rounds up more than 70 satellites for SpaceX launch
An artist’s conception shows Spaceflight’s satellite deployers emerging from their SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle. (Spaceflight Illustration) LOGAN, Utah — Seattle-based Spaceflight is confirming that it has more than 70 satellites from 18 countries signed up for launch on a first-of-its-kind dedicated rideshare mission, due to fly on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket by the end…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with the Merah Putih communications satellite for Telkom Indonesia. 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 launches Indonesian satellite and kicks off new round for rocket reusability
The glare of a Falcon 9 rocket launch lights up the night at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (SpaceX via YouTube) SpaceX sent Indonesia’s Merah Putih telecommunications satellite into orbit tonight, marking the first reuse of its new-generation Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket booster. Liftoff came on time at 1:19 a.m. ET Tuesday…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with Merah Putih
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Merah Putih communications satellite into orbit around 32 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 1:18 a.m.…
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SpaceX set to re-fly first Falcon 9 Block 5 booster Tuesday
The first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket descends to a landing on SpaceX’s drone ship “Of Course I Still Love You” on May 11 after launch from Cape Canaveral. It was the first upgraded Falcon 9 Block 5 booster, and the same vehicle is set to re-launch Tuesday. Credit: SpaceX Forecasters expect good weather…
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SpaceX conducts hotfire test for another middle-of-the-night launch
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Aug. 3 with confirmation the Merah Putih mission will use a previously-flown Falcon 9 booster. Credit: Ken Kremer / kenkremer.com / spaceupclose.com Gearing up for the third Falcon 9 launch in less than two-and-a-half weeks, SpaceX fired up a rocket booster at Cape Canaveral on Thursday ahead of an early morning launch…
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SAOCOM 1A ships to Vandenberg as Falcon 9 prepares for the first west coast RTLS
SAOCOM 1A – the Argentinian Earth observation satellite – has shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base ahead of launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9. The mission will be the first on the west coast to see a Falcon 9 first stage perform an RTLS (Return to Launch Site) recovery. SAOCOM: SAOCOM (Satélite Argentino de Observación…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from California
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with 10 next-generation Iridium communications satellites. SpaceX’s live video coverage begins at approximately 4:24 a.m. PDT (7:24 a.m. EDT; 1124 GMT). Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow…