{"id":15312,"date":"2016-08-15T01:20:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T17:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-falcon-9-climbs-away-from-cape-canaveral-with-jcsat-16\/"},"modified":"2016-08-15T01:20:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T17:20:17","slug":"photos-falcon-9-climbs-away-from-cape-canaveral-with-jcsat-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-falcon-9-climbs-away-from-cape-canaveral-with-jcsat-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Falcon 9 climbs away from Cape Canaveral with JCSAT 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Falcon 9 rocket\u2019s eighth flight of 2016 took off from Cape Canaveral early Sunday with the Japanese JCSAT 16 communications satellite, setting a new mark for the most launches made by SpaceX in a single year.<\/p>\n<p>The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket blasted off at 1:26 a.m. EDT (0526 GMT) Sunday from Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 40 launch pad. Thirty-two minutes later, the Falcon 9\u2019s second stage released the JCSAT 16 video and data relay satellite into an on-target orbit.<\/p>\n<p>It marked the completion of the 28th Falcon 9 rocket flight since SpaceX debuted the first version of the launcher in June 2010, and its eighth launch of 2016. At least nine more Falcon 9 missions are on SpaceX\u2019s manifest before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The photos below show the Falcon 9\u2019s climb away from Complex 40 and the rocket clearing the launch pad\u2019s four lightning towers a few seconds later.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17567\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17567\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28351782813_36708f2479_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28351782813_36708f2479_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28351782813_36708f2479_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17558\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17558\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28969742675_9470ef33ce_k-2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28969742675_9470ef33ce_k-2.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28969742675_9470ef33ce_k-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17559\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17559\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28938082476_7e29d5bd22_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28938082476_7e29d5bd22_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28938082476_7e29d5bd22_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17560\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17560\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28938083906_96f3f82449_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28938083906_96f3f82449_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28938083906_96f3f82449_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17561\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17561\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28353011463_9620566ece_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28353011463_9620566ece_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28353011463_9620566ece_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17562\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17562\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17562\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28969743225_6b07dff551_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28969743225_6b07dff551_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28969743225_6b07dff551_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17563\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17563\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28938084766_8d5283c826_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28938084766_8d5283c826_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28938084766_8d5283c826_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17564\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17564\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28353012023_21983611d6_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28353012023_21983611d6_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28353012023_21983611d6_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17565\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17565\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28938085496_e1ac30ce42_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28938085496_e1ac30ce42_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28938085496_e1ac30ce42_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17566\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17566\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28353012603_d567ccca3f_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28353012603_d567ccca3f_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/28353012603_d567ccca3f_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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>The Falcon 9 rocket\u2019s eighth flight of 2016 took off from Cape Canaveral early Sunday with the Japanese JCSAT 16 communications satellite, setting a new mark for the most launches made by SpaceX in a single year. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket blasted off at 1:26 a.m. EDT (0526 GMT) Sunday from Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 40 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1736,479,377,3629,3488,2897,316,3389],"class_list":["post-15312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-complex-40","tag-falcon-9","tag-japan","tag-jcsat-16","tag-sky-perfect-jsat","tag-space-systems-loral","tag-spacex","tag-ssl-1300"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}