Tag: commercial-space
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First core of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket fired in Texas
The center section of SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket has been test-fired at the launch company’s test facility in Central Texas, a sign of progress toward the behemoth booster’s long-delayed maiden mission scheduled some time in the final months of 2017. The core stage is a modified version of the first stage that powers SpaceX’s…
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First core of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket fired in Texas
The center section of SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket has been test-fired at the launch company’s test facility in Central Texas, a sign of progress toward the behemoth booster’s long-delayed maiden mission scheduled some time in the final months of 2017. The core stage is a modified version of the first stage that powers SpaceX’s…
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Satellite for broadband on-the-go next in rapid-fire SpaceX launch campaign
The Inmarsat 5 F4 satellite pictured with one-half of the Falcon 9 rocket’s payload fairing. Credit: Inmarsat A powerhouse communications satellite owned by Inmarsat has been fueled for liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission to provide broadband links for passengers and crews aboard…
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Satellite for broadband on-the-go next in rapid-fire SpaceX launch campaign
The Inmarsat 5 F4 satellite pictured with one-half of the Falcon 9 rocket’s payload fairing. Credit: Inmarsat A powerhouse communications satellite owned by Inmarsat has been fueled for liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission to provide broadband links for passengers and crews aboard…
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Photos: SpaceX kicks off the week with Falcon 9 launch and landing
SpaceX started the week with the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida just after sunrise Monday, delivering a classified U.S. government spy satellite to orbit as the booster’s first stage returned to Cape Canaveral for a vertical landing. The nine-minute flight from launch to landing produced stunning imagery,…
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Photos: SpaceX kicks off the week with Falcon 9 launch and landing
SpaceX started the week with the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida just after sunrise Monday, delivering a classified U.S. government spy satellite to orbit as the booster’s first stage returned to Cape Canaveral for a vertical landing. The nine-minute flight from launch to landing produced stunning imagery,…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 blasts off after short delay
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the SGDC and Koreasat 7 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video stream begins at approximately 2015 GMT (4:15 p.m. EDT).
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 blasts off after short delay
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the SGDC and Koreasat 7 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video stream begins at approximately 2015 GMT (4:15 p.m. EDT).
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Ariane 5 rocket rolled to launch pad with satellites for Brazil, South Korea
An Ariane 5 rocket rolls out to the ELA-3 launch pad at the Guiana Space Center on Wednesday ahead of a liftoff attempt with satellites owned by the Brazilian government and a South Korean telecom company. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin A month-and-a-half after a general strike in French…
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Ariane 5 rocket rolled to launch pad with satellites for Brazil, South Korea
An Ariane 5 rocket rolls out to the ELA-3 launch pad at the Guiana Space Center on Wednesday ahead of a liftoff attempt with satellites owned by the Brazilian government and a South Korean telecom company. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin A month-and-a-half after a general strike in French…