{"id":13977,"date":"2018-02-21T19:58:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T11:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-falcon-9-on-the-eve-of-launch-from-vandenberg\/"},"modified":"2018-02-21T19:58:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T11:58:34","slug":"photos-falcon-9-on-the-eve-of-launch-from-vandenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-falcon-9-on-the-eve-of-launch-from-vandenberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Falcon 9 on the eve of launch from Vandenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX crews at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California rolled out a Falcon 9 rocket and lifted it vertical atop its launch pad ahead of a planned blastoff Wednesday with a Spanish radar observation satellite and two test probes for a planned global broadband Internet network.<\/p>\n<p>These photos captured Tuesday at Vandenberg show the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket at Space Launch Complex 4-East, SpaceX\u2019s launch pad at the West Coast spaceport formerly used for Titan 4 rocket flights.<\/p>\n<p>The first stage booster slated to launch Spain\u2019s Paz Earth observation mission and SpaceX\u2019s Microsat-2a and Microsat-2b payloads previously flew in August 2017 with the Taiwanese Formosat 5 satellite. It was recovered aboard SpaceX\u2019s drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX has no plans to recover the first stage intact on Wednesday launch.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30630\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30630\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/paz_pre.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/paz_pre.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/paz_pre-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/paz_pre-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/paz_pre-678x362.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30643\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30643\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30643\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DWgwROfWsAExVvd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DWgwROfWsAExVvd.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DWgwROfWsAExVvd-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DWgwROfWsAExVvd-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DWgwROfWsAExVvd-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30644\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30644\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_1-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_1-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_1-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Gene Blevins\/LA Daily News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30645\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-30645\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_2.jpg 569w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_2-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Gene Blevins\/LA Daily News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30646\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-30646\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_3.jpg 562w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_3-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Gene Blevins\/LA Daily News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30647\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30647\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_4.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_4-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_4-678x514.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/blevins_4-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Gene Blevins\/LA Daily News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX crews at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California rolled out a Falcon 9 rocket and lifted it vertical atop its launch pad ahead of a planned blastoff Wednesday with a Spanish radar observation satellite and two test probes for a planned global broadband Internet network. 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