Tag: Falcon 9
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches first upgraded Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of the first SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the Bangabandhu 1 communications satellite. SpaceX’s live video coverage begins at approximately 3:59 p.m. EDT (1959 GMT) Friday. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page.…
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Computer aborts milestone SpaceX rocket launch at last minute, forcing a day’s delay
SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket sits on its Florida launch pad. (SpaceX via YouTube) News Brief: The anxiously awaited launch of the first of SpaceX’s “last” Falcon 9 rockets will have to wait at least one more day. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the company’s upgraded Block 5 model “will be the last…
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First launch of enhanced version of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 set for Thursday
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) to correct reference from “re-flown” to “flown.” SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, featuring reusability and reliability upgrades, rolled to pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center last week for a static fire test. Credit: SpaceX The launch of Bangladesh’s first communications satellite on top of a new…
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First Block 5 Falcon 9 static fires ahead of Bangabandhu-1 launch
The first Block 5 Falcon 9 completed a static fire test at Launch Complex 39A on Friday evening, although SpaceX appeared to waiting on the results of a data review before confirming the path to launch. On Monday, SpaceX confirmed they were re-scheduling the launch to May 10. The vehicle – notably including core 1046,…
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SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 Block 5 test-fired at pad 39A
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 10:30 p.m. EDT (0230 GMT) with details. SpaceX’s launch team loaded liquid propellants into the company’s first upgraded Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket Friday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the countdown rehearsal culminated in a brief ignition of the launcher’s nine Merlin main engines on the launch…
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Live coverage: Upgraded Falcon 9 rocket test-fired at pad 39A
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the first Falcon 9 “Block 5” rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch the Bangabandhu 1 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Spaceflight Now Members can watch a live view of the launch pad.
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Time-lapse video: First Falcon 9 Block 5 arrives at pad 39A for hotfire test
SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket, sporting changes to make the booster easier to reuse, rolled out of its hangar and up the ramp to launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday ahead of a planned hold-down engine firing. The two-stage rocket, revealed for the first time Thursday, features black landing…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with TESS
Look back on last week’s blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. The TESS mission will search for planets orbiting the stars in our solar neighborhood, finding worlds that are prime candidates for follow-up observations by more powerful telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope set…
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After “terrific” launch, TESS nears first major orbit-raising burn
Artist’s concept of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite in orbit. Credit: Orbital ATK NASA’s new planet-hunting TESS observatory completed its first post-launch thruster firing Saturday, setting up for a big boost Wednesday that will send the spacecraft toward the moon for a flyby next month, the next maneuvers in a two-month process to reach the…
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All-sky surveyor launched from Cape Canaveral on the hunt for exoplanets
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at 6:51 p.m. EDT (2251 GMT) with NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II/Spaceflight Now NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, built to find planets around other stars that are close enough for detailed follow-ups by future telescopes, launched Wednesday into a unique high-altitude orbit on top…