Tag: Kennedy Space Center
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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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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 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…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with Koreasat 5A
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Monday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Koreasat 5A communications satellite into orbit around 36 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:34 p.m. EDT…
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NASA making steady progress on SLS mobile launch platform
The crew access arm for the Space Launch System mobile launch platform is pictured in a storage location near the Kennedy Space Center last week. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now Construction crews at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center are making steady progress outfitting the Space Launch System’s mobile platform with umbilical connections and access arms, and the…
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Video: Falcon 9 rocket raised vertical at pad 39A
On the eve of liftoff with a Korean communications satellite, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was lifted upright Sunday at launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is set for launch at 3:34 p.m. EDT (1934 GMT) Monday at the opening of a 144-minute window. The Koreasat 5A communications…