Tag: Falcon 9
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SpaceX could try to land rocket in California later this year
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket booster landing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: SpaceX A recent federal regulatory filing by SpaceX suggests the company may attempt to return a Falcon 9 rocket booster to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for the first time later this year. Landing a Falcon 9…
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SpaceX, ULA near-term manifests take shape, SpaceX aims for 1st RTLS at Vandenberg
With the first half of 2018 in the books, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance’s near term launch manifests are taking shape with an exciting 15 day period between 20 July and 4 August during which four flights are scheduled. SpaceX has also officially filed paperwork with the Federal Communications Commission, FCC, to perform the first…
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Final Block 4 Falcon 9 launches CRS-15 Dragon
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft began its next mission to the International Space Station Friday, with launch aboard a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket – the final Block 4 vehicle – from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The mission, which will also use a previously-flown Dragon capsule, lifted off at 05:42 Eastern Daylight Time (09:42 UTC). The…
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Final Block 4 Falcon 9 launches CRS-15 Dragon
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft began its next mission to the International Space Station Friday, with launch aboard a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket – the final Block 4 vehicle – from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The mission, which will also use a previously-flown Dragon capsule, lifted off at 05:42 Eastern Daylight Time (09:42 UTC). The…
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Falcon 9 conducts Static Fire test ahead of CRS-15 mission
SpaceX is preparing to return to launch action with the CRS-15 Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS). A key milestone towards next Thursday’s launch was the Static Fire test, that took place on Saturday at Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40. This latest mission is set to take place just under a month since a Falcon…
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Falcon 9 conducts Static Fire test ahead of CRS-15 mission
SpaceX is preparing to return to launch action with the CRS-15 Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS). A key milestone towards next Thursday’s launch was the Static Fire test, that took place on Saturday at Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40. This latest mission is set to take place just under a month since a Falcon…
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SpaceX plans new facilities at KSC to support more launches, landings
Artist’s concept of SpaceX’s new launch and landing control center. Credit: SpaceX/NASA An airport-like viewing tower standing up to 30 stories tall is the centerpiece of SpaceX’s planned rocket refurbishment and operations base proposed for vacant land at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Information published in a draft environmental assessment prepared by KSC officials…
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Photos: SpaceX successful in nighttime blastoff from Cape Canaveral
Photos from the liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Monday from Cape Canaveral show the 20-story launcher climbing into a starry sky with the SES 12 communications satellite. The two-stage rocket, powered by a reused booster with nine Merlin main engines, lifted off at 12:45 a.m. EDT (0445 GMT) Monday from Cape Canaveral’s…
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Multi-mission telecom craft launched by SpaceX for SES
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off Monday with the SES 12 communications satellite. Credit: SpaceX A powerful commercial communications satellite driven by plasma thrusters rode a reused SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster away from Cape Canaveral early Monday, climbing into orbit to connect companies, homes, airplanes and ships across much of the Eastern Hemisphere. Cocooned…
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Video: Falcon 9 soars into space with SES 12
Video credit: SpaceX Watch a replay of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral shortly after midnight Monday with the SES 12 communications satellite. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket took off at 12:45 a.m. EDT (0445 GMT) Monday from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad, and headed east over the Atlantic…