{"id":15542,"date":"2016-05-05T21:35:32","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T13:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-spacexs-falcon-9-on-the-pad-at-cape-canaveral\/"},"modified":"2016-05-05T21:35:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T13:35:32","slug":"photos-spacexs-falcon-9-on-the-pad-at-cape-canaveral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-spacexs-falcon-9-on-the-pad-at-cape-canaveral\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 on the pad at Cape Canaveral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crowned with a Japanese telecommunications satellite, SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket sits atop its Cape Canaveral launch pad hours before its scheduled blastoff Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Standing 229 feet (70 meters) tall, the two-stage rocket rolled out of its hangar at the Complex 40 launch pad Thursday and was erected vertical for liftoff with the JCSAT 14 communications satellite for SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. of Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>Launch of the fourth Falcon 9 rocket this year is set for the opening of a two-hour window at 1:21 a.m. EDT (0521 GMT) Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The rocket\u2019s 17-foot-diameter (5.2-meter) payload fairing containing the JCSAT 14 satellite is marked with well wishes from Sky Perfect JSAT employees.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14904\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14904\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_03.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now\" width=\"675\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_03.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_03-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_03-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14905\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14905\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_1.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14906\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14906\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_3.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now\" width=\"675\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_3.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_3-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14907\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14907\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_01.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_01.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_01-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14908\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14908\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now\" width=\"675\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_2.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14909\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14909\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_4.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now\" width=\"675\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_4.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_4-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14910\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14910\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_5.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_5.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_flight24_5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now<\/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>Crowned with a Japanese telecommunications satellite, SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket sits atop its Cape Canaveral launch pad hours before its scheduled blastoff Friday. Standing 229 feet (70 meters) tall, the two-stage rocket rolled out of its hangar at the Complex 40 launch pad Thursday and was erected vertical for liftoff with the JCSAT 14 communications [&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":[1736,479,3728,3639,3488,2897,316,3389],"class_list":["post-15542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-complex-40","tag-falcon-9","tag-falcon-9-flight-24","tag-jcsat-14","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\/15542"}],"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=15542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}