{"id":14486,"date":"2017-07-03T00:32:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T16:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-expendable-falcon-9-launcher-raised-vertical-at-pad-39a\/"},"modified":"2017-07-03T00:32:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T16:32:06","slug":"photos-expendable-falcon-9-launcher-raised-vertical-at-pad-39a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-expendable-falcon-9-launcher-raised-vertical-at-pad-39a\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Expendable Falcon 9 launcher raised vertical at pad 39A"},"content":{"rendered":"

SpaceX\u2019s next Falcon 9 rocket was hydraulically hoisted vertical Sunday morning at launch pad 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center, less than 12 hours before a scheduled blastoff with the Intelsat 35e communications satellite.<\/p>\n

The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is not fitted with the landing legs or aerodynamic steering fins needed for recovery because the 14,905-pound (6,761-kilogram) Boeing-built spacecraft mounted atop the Falcon 9 is too heavy to permit a controlled descent of the first stage.<\/p>\n

SpaceX is preparing for its second launch in a little more than nine days at pad 39A, a turnaround that will set a record for the shortest time between missions from the historic launch complex, assuming the Falcon 9 lifts off in the next few days.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s launch, scheduled for 7:36 p.m. EDT (2336 GMT), will be the 10th Falcon 9 mission this year, and the eighth from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/p>\n

Follow our live coverage of the countdown and launch.<\/p>\n

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