Tag: Falcon 9
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Video: SpaceX aborts launch countdown in final seconds
SpaceX scrubbed the launch of a nearly 7.5-ton Intelsat communications satellite Sunday after a computer-triggered abort halted the countdown in the final 10 seconds. The next launch opportunity from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida could be Monday at 7:37 p.m. EDT (2337 GMT), assuming engineers can resolve the problem. The Falcon 9 rocket is…
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Photos: Expendable Falcon 9 launcher raised vertical at pad 39A
SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket was hydraulically hoisted vertical Sunday morning at launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, less than 12 hours before a scheduled blastoff with the Intelsat 35e communications satellite. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is not fitted with the landing legs or aerodynamic steering fins needed for recovery because the 14,905-pound…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with Intelsat 35e
NOTE: Updated after scrubs Sunday and Monday. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday evening, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Intelsat 35e communications satellite into orbit 32 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space…
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Next SpaceX launch on track for Sunday after hold-down firing at pad 39A
A Falcon 9 rocket — missing its payload — fired its nine Merlin 1D main engines at 8:30 p.m. EDT Thursday (0030 GMT Friday). Credit: SpaceX Six days after SpaceX fired its last Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, another launcher rolled to historic pad 39A and ignited its nine Merlin 1D engines…
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Video: SpaceX conducts Falcon 9 static fire at dusk
SpaceX fueled its next Falcon 9 rocket at launch pad 39A and ignited the booster’s nine Merlin engines at sunset Thursday, passing a major step in the launch campaign leading up to liftoff of the Intelsat 35e communications satellite Sunday. The rare evening hotfire test occurred at 8:30 p.m. EDT Thursday (0030 GMT Friday), with…
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Video: Falcon 9 lifted vertical for static fire test at pad 39A
Watch a time lapse replay of SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket being raised vertical Thursday at launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a mock countdown and engine test, ahead of a scheduled liftoff this weekend with an Intelsat communications satellite. Email the author. Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.
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SpaceX returns two boosters, fires up a third for Static Fire test
In what is another glimpse into what could become SpaceX’s regular launch cadence, another Falcon 9 is deep into preparations for launch. Aiming to be the third Falcon 9 to launch in nine days, SpaceX conducted a Static Fire test Thursday on the rocket set to loft the Intelsat 35e spacecraft into space on July…
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Live coverage: SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket set for launch Sunday
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch the Intelsat 35e telecom satellite to cover the Americas, Europe and trans-Atlantic communications traffic. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us…
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Photos: Falcon 9’s blastoff with BulgariaSat 1
Check out imagery from Friday’s liftoff of a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket booster with the BulgariaSat 1 communications satellite from Florida’s Space Coast. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket took off from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 3:10 p.m. EDT (1910 GMT) Friday after a one-hour delay. The first stage of the Falcon 9…
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SpaceX will try for third Falcon 9 launch in less than two weeks
File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket inside a hangar at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX After back-to-back launches last weekend, SpaceX could launch its next Falcon 9 mission as soon as Sunday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a high-power Intelsat communications satellite. Liftoff Sunday will hinge on the ability of SpaceX’s…