Tag: Falcon 9
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SpaceX Falcon 9 success with second flight involving BulgariaSat-1 mission
SpaceX launched Bulgaria’s first communications satellite on Friday – the first of two Falcon 9 launches in the space of two days – via the company’s second flight-proven rocket – which also landed a second time. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center was at 15:10 Eastern Daylight Time (19:10 UTC). SpaceX…
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Bulgaria’s first communications satellite heaved into orbit
Credit: SpaceX Launching into a sun-splashed summertime afternoon sky, a previously-flown SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbed into orbit from Florida’s east coast Friday with a U.S.-built, Bulgarian-owned television broadcasting satellite. In a secondary objective, the Falcon 9’s first stage booster descended back to Earth and slowed down for a jarring touchdown on SpaceX’s drone ship…
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Live coverage: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off from Florida, lands on ship
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the BulgariaSat 1 communications satellite. SpaceX’s live video coverage begins at approximately 2:50 p.m. EDT (1850 GMT). Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Head of BulgariaSat says satellite project would be impossible without SpaceX
The BulgariaSat 1 communications satellite. Credit: Space Systems/Loral On the eve of the launch of his country’s first communications satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket, the chief executive of BulgariaSat credited SpaceX’s cost-cutting ways with making space accessible for small nations and money-conscious companies like his own. Maxim Zayakov, CEO of BulgariaSat and its affiliate…
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SpaceX rocket passes key preflight test before liftoff from California
The 10 Iridium Next communications satellites slated to launch Sunday from California were recently encapsulated inside the Falcon 9 rocket’s payload fairing. Credit: Iridium Juggling simultaneous launch campaigns on both coasts, a team of SpaceX engineers put a Falcon 9 rocket through a customary countdown rehearsal and hold-down firing Tuesday at Vandenberg Air Force Base…
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SpaceX tests Vandenberg Falcon 9 amid schedule realignment
SpaceX has static fired a Falcon 9 at the Vandenberg Air Force Base ahead of a mission to launch the next set of Iridium NEXT satellites. The test sets the stage for the potential of two launches within two days for SpaceX, as it realigns the launch date for the Falcon 9 that has already…
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Falcon 9 launch delay sets up potential SpaceX ‘doubleheader’ next weekend
Updated at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) with details. File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket at launch pad 39A before a previous mission. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now SpaceX has pushed back the liftoff of a Bulgarian television broadcast satellite on the company’s second previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket until at least Friday, giving ground crews…
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Falcon 9 launch scheduled for Monday after hold-down engine firing
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, without its payload, is test-fired Thursday at pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX The launch of a commercial Bulgarian television broadcast satellite from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is set for Monday after SpaceX ran through a mock countdown Thursday and test-fired a previously-flown…
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SpaceX static fire next Falcon 9 – another flight proven booster
SpaceX has conducted a static fire test on the next Falcon 9 to launch from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), a launch that will mark the second time a “flight proven” booster will have used to launch a satellite. The passenger, BulgariaSat-1, is currently scheduled to depart Pad 39A on June 19, with the booster…
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Live coverage: Previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket fires engines on Florida launch pad
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 BulgariaSat 1 communications satellite for television broadcasts in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us…