Tag: ABS
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lofts satellites for Eutelsat and ABS
A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off into a brilliant morning sky over the Sunshine State on Wednesday, and these photos show the kerosene-fueled launcher climbing away from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. The two-stage rocket launched at 10:29 a.m. EDT (1429 GMT) Wednesday and turned east to inject the Eutelsat 117 West B and…
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Live coverage: Two telecom satellites launched by Falcon 9, booster recovery fails
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with the ABS 2A and Eutelsat 117 West B communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s live video coverage begins at approximately 10:09 a.m. EDT (1409 GMT).
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Video: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on dual-satellite delivery mission
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Wednesday at 10:29 a.m. EDT (1429 GMT), launching with two Boeing-built communications satellites for Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite. The 229-foot-tall launcher took off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad on its 26th flight, and its sixth mission in 2016. Nine kerosene-fueled Merlin 1D engines powered the rocket…
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SpaceX successfully fires satellites into orbit, but loses booster on landing
In this view from the Vehicle Assembly Building roof at the Kennedy Space Center, a Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at 10:29 a.m. EDT (1429 GMT) with the Eutelsat 117 West B and ABS 2A communications satellites. Two pioneering communications satellites purely powered by plasma rocket thrusters lifted off from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon…
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Mission events timeline for Falcon 9’s launch for ABS and Eutelsat
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent into space from Cape Canaveral with the ABS 2A and Eutelsat 117 West B communications satellites. Launch is set for 10:29 a.m. EDT (1429 GMT) on June 15 from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. The satellites will be deployed in a supersynchronous transfer orbit,…
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SpaceX conducts static fire test for Wednesday’s Falcon 9 flight
The ABS 2A and Eutelsat 117 West B satellites will launch in a tandem stack configuration patented by Boeing. Credit: SpaceX Technicians planned to attach two Boeing-built communications satellites to a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday, a day after launch controllers fueled the booster and fired its nine Merlin first stage engines in a key…
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SpaceX pencils in July for next Falcon 9 landing at Cape Canaveral
A first stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket returned to its first landing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in December. Credit: SpaceX The next chance for SpaceX to return a Falcon 9 booster to landing at Cape Canaveral will come in mid-July, when the company plans to launch a Dragon supply ship to the…
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Innovative satellites begin maneuvers with all-electric thrusters
Artist’s concept of the Eutelsat 115 West B satellite. Credit: Boeing Two ion-driven communications satellites launched from Cape Canaveral on March 1 have begun novel maneuvers using electric propulsion to reach operating posts 22,300 miles over the equator. The Boeing-built satellites will need at least six months slowly climb in altitude and adjust their orbital…
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Photos: Last look at Sunday’s launch by SpaceX
Sunday’s liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket marked the 16th flight of SpaceX’s workhorse launcher, and its third mission of the year. The rocket carried two communications satellites into orbit for Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite. Here is another set of launch photos from SpaceX. Photo credit: SpaceX Photo credit: SpaceX Photo credit: SpaceX Photo…
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Reader-submitted shots of Falcon 9 launch
Spaceflight Now readers sent in photos of Sunday’s blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, which lit up a late-night moonlit sky over Florida’s Space Coast on the way to orbit with two communications satellites. We present a selection of the reader-submitted snapshots. Photo credit: David Hash (@turndownformars) Photo credit: David Hash…