Tag: Falcon 9
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Rocket test-fired for launch of secretive U.S. government payload
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket test-fired its nine Merlin 1D engines at 6 p.m. EST (2300 GMT) Saturday in a rare nighttime static fire test. Credit: William Harwood/CBS News SpaceX moved closer to its next launch with a successful hold-down engine firing Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sailing through a readiness check…
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Video: Engines ignited for hold-down test on SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket
Video credit: William Harwood/CBS News Nine Merlin main engines at the base of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired at launch pad 39A Saturday, passing a major test before the company’s next launch, a secretive mission slated for liftoff Wednesday night. Throttling up to full power for a few seconds, the Merlin 1D engines ignited…
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Video: Engines ignited for hold-down test on SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket
Video credit: William Harwood/CBS News Nine Merlin main engines at the base of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired at launch pad 39A Saturday, passing a major test before the company’s next launch, a secretive mission slated for liftoff Wednesday night. Throttling up to full power for a few seconds, the Merlin 1D engines ignited…
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Engine for upgraded Falcon 9 rocket explodes on test stand
File photo of a Merlin engine on a test stand in McGregor, Texas. Credit: SpaceX A Merlin engine designed for the version of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket that will carry astronauts into orbit for NASA failed during testing Saturday in Texas, but the company said its upcoming launches will not be affected by the mishap.…
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Photos from last week’s Falcon 9 launch with Koreasat 5A
Look back on the Oct. 30 launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with this gallery of photos showing the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) launcher lifting off from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon 9 booster took off at 3:34 p.m. EDT (1934 GMT) on Oct. 30 with Koreasat 5A, a commercial…
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SpaceX to restore damaged Cape Canaveral launch pad to service in December
A view of rocket hardware inside SpaceX’s hangar at 39A as a Falcon 9 rocket (center) rolled out Sunday for launch with the Koreasat 5A satellite. The rocket stages visible here include hardware for the Falcon Heavy demonstration flight. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is set to resume launches from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral in December…
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Live coverage: SpaceX conducts third Falcon 9 launch of the month
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with the Koreasat 5A communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Spaceflight Now Members can watch live video of launch complex 39A. Become a member today. Liftoff is set for 3:34 p.m. EDT (1934…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launches Koreasat 5A
SpaceX has launched the Koreasat-5A communications satellite for South Korea’s KT SAT on Monday, with a Falcon 9 lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center to carry the satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. Launch occurred on time at 15:34 local time (19:34 UTC), at the opening of a two-hour, 24-minute window. Landing of the first…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launches Koreasat 5A
SpaceX has launched the Koreasat-5A communications satellite for South Korea’s KT SAT on Monday, with a Falcon 9 lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center to carry the satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. Launch occurred on time at 15:34 local time (19:34 UTC), at the opening of a two-hour, 24-minute window. Landing of the first…
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SpaceX launches — and lands — third rocket in three weeks
Credit: SpaceX Heading into the home stretch of a banner year, SpaceX launched its third Falcon 9 rocket flight of the month Monday with a Korean-owned commercial communications satellite built to connect customers across a swath from the Middle East to East Asia. The Falcon 9 rocket took off with the Koreasat 5A communications satellite…