{"id":13499,"date":"2018-11-20T00:20:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T16:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-falcon-9-takes-off-from-launch-pad-39a-with-eshail-2-comsat\/"},"modified":"2018-11-20T00:20:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T16:20:41","slug":"photos-falcon-9-takes-off-from-launch-pad-39a-with-eshail-2-comsat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-falcon-9-takes-off-from-launch-pad-39a-with-eshail-2-comsat\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Falcon 9 takes off from launch pad 39A with Es\u2019hail 2 comsat"},"content":{"rendered":"

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted by a recycled first stage fired into the skies over the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 15, and these photos show the start of the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) launcher\u2019s journey into orbit.<\/p>\n

The Japanese-built, Qatari-owned Es\u2019hail 2 communications satellite rode the Falcon 9 rocket into an egg-shaped geostationary transfer orbit stretching more than 23,000 miles (37,000 kilometers) above Earth. The satellite will eventually maneuver itself into a circular geostationary orbit over the equator.<\/p>\n

The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from launch pad 39A at 3:46 p.m. EST (2046 GMT) Thursday, powered by nine liquid-fueled Merlin first stage engines generating 1.7 million pounds of thrust. The rocket arced toward the east, rising through scattered clouds on the way to space.<\/p>\n

The Falcon 9\u2019s first stage was making its second launch following prior liftoff and landing in July. SpaceX recovered the booster again after the Es\u2019hail 2 launch, when the first stage landed on a drone ship parked in the Atlantic Ocean several hundred miles east of the Florida coast.<\/p>\n

Read our full story on the Nov. 15 launch.<\/p>\n

The photos posted below show the Falcon rocket\u2019s blastoff from pad 39A.<\/p>\n

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