{"id":18618,"date":"2018-03-05T20:02:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T12:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-sends-spanish-telecom-satellite-into-orbit-with-50th-falcon-9-rocket-launch\/"},"modified":"2018-03-05T20:02:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T12:02:08","slug":"spacex-sends-spanish-telecom-satellite-into-orbit-with-50th-falcon-9-rocket-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-sends-spanish-telecom-satellite-into-orbit-with-50th-falcon-9-rocket-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX sends Spanish telecom satellite into orbit with 50th Falcon 9 rocket launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_402582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-402582\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-402582\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/180306-spacex-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"SpaceX Falcon 9 launch\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/180306-spacex-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/180306-spacex-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/180306-spacex-1260x840.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/180306-spacex.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-402582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket lofts the Hispasat 30W-6 satellite to space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (SpaceX Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX sent a Spanish broadband telecommunications satellite into orbit tonight, marking the 50th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket.<\/p>\n<p>The rocket sent Hispasat 30W-6 rose into the night sky from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 12:33 a.m. ET Tuesday (9:33 p.m. PT Monday), at the start of a two-hour launch window.<\/p>\n<p>Launch commentator John Insprucker called it a \u201cgreat liftoff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX CEO Elon Musk noted in a pre-launch tweet that Hispasat 30W-6 is the largest geostationary satellite SpaceX has ever flown. It\u2019s about the size of a bus, weighs in at more than 13,000 pounds (6 metric tons) and takes its name from its destined location in orbit (30 degrees west).<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"SpaceX Blastoff! Brilliant Nighttime Launch of Hispasat 30W-6 Satellite\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PBNQr1vS-J8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The satellite is designed to provide broadband data services and television programming for Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Americas, from an altitude of more than 22,000 miles. It\u2019ll be operated by Hispasat, one of the leading distributors of Spanish and Portuguese broadcast content.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s launch came less than two weeks after SpaceX launched a Spanish radar-imaging satellite known as Paz, plus SpaceX\u2019s first prototype Starlink broadband satellites.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, SpaceX passed up the opportunity to try bringing the Falcon 9\u2019s first-stage down onto the deck of a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean after launch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaves up to 8 meters, or 26 feet in height, eliminated the possibility of recovery&nbsp;\u2014 and we kept our drone ship, \u2018Of Course I Still Love You,\u2019 in port,\u201d Insprucker explained during tonight\u2019s webcast.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX still practiced the retro-rocket landing procedure, even though the booster fell into the Atlantic and was not due to be recovered.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; 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Can\u2019t believe it\u2019s been fifty Falcon 9 launches already. Just ten years ago, we couldn\u2019t even reach orbit with little Falcon 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2018<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket lofts the Hispasat 30W-6 satellite to space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (SpaceX Photo) SpaceX sent a Spanish broadband telecommunications satellite into orbit tonight, marking the 50th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket. 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