{"id":16513,"date":"2015-03-01T23:54:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T15:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-falcon-9-stands-ready-to-launch-dual-satellite-stack\/"},"modified":"2015-03-01T23:54:16","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T15:54:16","slug":"photos-falcon-9-stands-ready-to-launch-dual-satellite-stack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-falcon-9-stands-ready-to-launch-dual-satellite-stack\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Falcon 9 stands ready to launch dual-satellite stack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX\u2019s 22-story Falcon 9 rocket stands on Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 40 launch pad Sunday, hours before the scheduled liftoff of a pair of commercial communications satellites for Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite.<\/p>\n<p>The mission is set for takeoff at 10:50 p.m. EST Sunday (0350 GMT Monday) at the opening of a 42-and-a-half minute launch window. The rocket will release the Eutelsat 115 West B and ABS 3A satellites into a supersynchronous transfer orbit stretching nearly 40,000 miles above Earth about a half-hour later.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4425\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4425\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Scriptunas_SpaceX_Eutelsat-6784.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Walter Scriptunas \/ Scriptunas Images\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Scriptunas_SpaceX_Eutelsat-6784.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Scriptunas_SpaceX_Eutelsat-6784-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Scriptunas_SpaceX_Eutelsat-6784-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Scriptunas_SpaceX_Eutelsat-6784-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Scriptunas Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4426\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4426\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Scriptunas_SpaceX_Eutelsat-6821.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Scriptunas Images\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Scriptunas_SpaceX_Eutelsat-6821.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Scriptunas_SpaceX_Eutelsat-6821-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Scriptunas_SpaceX_Eutelsat-6821-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Scriptunas_SpaceX_Eutelsat-6821-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Scriptunas Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4427\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4427\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/f9f16_01.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/f9f16_01.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/f9f16_01-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/f9f16_01-768x1146.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/f9f16_01-686x1024.jpg 686w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4428\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4428\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/f9f16_03.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/f9f16_03.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/f9f16_03-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/f9f16_03-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/f9f16_03-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX\u2019s 22-story Falcon 9 rocket stands on Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 40 launch pad Sunday, hours before the scheduled liftoff of a pair of commercial communications satellites for Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite. The mission is set for takeoff at 10:50 p.m. EST Sunday (0350 GMT Monday) at the opening of a 42-and-a-half minute launch window. 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