Tag: Kennedy Space Center
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with SES 11/EchoStar 105
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 SES 11/EchoStar 105 communications satellite into orbit 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 6:53 p.m.…
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Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster poised for launch
A Falcon 9 rocket powered by a reused first stage booster rolled out Tuesday to pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a day before its scheduled liftoff with an Airbus-built communications satellite designed for television broadcasts over the Americas. Liftoff of the SES 11/EchoStar 105 spacecraft is scheduled for 6:53 p.m. EDT…
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Live coverage: SpaceX delivers joint SES/EchoStar satellite to orbit
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with the SES 11/EchoStar 105 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
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SpaceX delays Falcon 9 launch of TV broadcast satellite
Story updated at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT) with SpaceX statement. File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket at pad 39A before a launch earlier this year. Credit: SpaceX Liftoff of a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with a European-built television broadcast satellite has been pushed back from Saturday until at…
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Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster test-fired for weekend launch
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is test-fired Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX test-fired a reused Falcon 9 booster Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, checking the rocket’s readiness for a planned liftoff Saturday with an Airbus-built commercial communications satellite. The two-stage rocket, featuring a previously-flown first stage booster,…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in Florida
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 SES 11/EchoStar 105 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off and lands at Cape Canaveral
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A on Thursday, then its first stage booster touched down on a nearby landing target after sending a U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane toward orbit. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket lifted off from pad 39A at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) with the…
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Live coverage: Irma knocks out power at Kennedy Space Center
Live coverage of Hurricane Irma’s impacts on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 45th Space Wing Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Hurricane Hurricane Irma Kennedy Space Center Mission Status Center Weather
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Video: Press site view of Falcon 9’s liftoff with X-37B spaceplane
Video credit: Spaceflight Now Watch a replay of Thursday morning’s Falcon 9 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this view recorded from the press site around 3 miles from pad 39A. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket lifted off from pad 39A at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) with the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 blasts off with X-37B mini-shuttle
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B mini-shuttle. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Watch on a mobile device.