Tag: Landing Zone 1
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Live coverage: Commercial cargo craft completes space station rendezvous
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s ninth operational Dragon resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Timeline for SpaceX’s ninth station resupply launch
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in 10 minutes Monday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying nearly 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments. Liftoff is set for 0445:29 GMT (12:45:29 a.m. EDT) Monday from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. It will be…
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Weather looks favorable for Falcon 9 launch and landing
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft before a previous launch. Credit: SpaceX Forecasters predict mostly clear skies and light winds at the surface and aloft for Monday’s launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a resupply mission to the International Space Station, favorable conditions for the booster’s liftoff and landing…
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SpaceX pencils in July for next Falcon 9 landing at Cape Canaveral
A first stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket returned to its first landing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in December. Credit: SpaceX The next chance for SpaceX to return a Falcon 9 booster to landing at Cape Canaveral will come in mid-July, when the company plans to launch a Dragon supply ship to the…
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From all angles: Up and down with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster
Relive the experience with imagery from Monday night’s blazing blastoff of a Falcon 9 rocket and its historic, dramatic landing at Cape Canaveral. Carrying 11 Orbcomm communications satellites, the Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad at 8:29 p.m. EST Monday (0129 GMT Tuesday). The second stage of the rocket…
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Round-trip rocket flight gives SpaceX a trifecta of successes
The Falcon 9’s ascent and descent tracks are seen in this long exposure photo taken just south of the launch and landing locations. Photo credit: SpaceX Flying through the sky at supersonic speed, a Falcon 9 rocket stage descended to a historic landing at Cape Canaveral on Monday, returning to the spaceport minutes after boosting…
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Photos: Falcon 9 booster stands upright after landing
SpaceX took a group of reporters and photographers just offshore the Falcon 9 rocket’s landing point Tuesday, a day after the 15-story booster made a pinpoint touchdown after helping send 11 communications satellites into orbit. Seen from a boat just off the coast, the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage shows signs of wear after its…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with Orbcomm satellites
Track the progress of the launch and landing of SpaceX’s upgraded Falcon 9 rocket carrying 11 Orbcomm message relay satellites with this timeline of major events in the flight sequence. The 229-foot-tall rocket is scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad at 8:29 p.m. EST Monday (0129 GMT Tuesday) on its…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with Orbcomm satellites
Track the progress of the launch and landing of SpaceX’s upgraded Falcon 9 rocket carrying 11 Orbcomm message relay satellites with this timeline of major events in the flight sequence. The 229-foot-tall rocket is scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad at 8:29 p.m. EST Monday (0129 GMT Tuesday) on its…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches, and lands, at Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with 11 Orbcomm communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.