Tag: Complex 40
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Weather looks favorable for Falcon 9 launch and landing
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft before a previous launch. Credit: SpaceX Forecasters predict mostly clear skies and light winds at the surface and aloft for Monday’s launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a resupply mission to the International Space Station, favorable conditions for the booster’s liftoff and landing…
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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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Ride aboard the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage on descent
Take a virtual trip from space back to planet Earth with an sped up video clip showing the eye-popping on-board views from the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage booster Friday as it plummeted back to Earth, opened aerodynamic steering fins and fired its engines for a final braking maneuver just before touchdown. The 156-foot-tall booster…
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SpaceX logs successful late afternoon launch for Thaicom
The Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad at 5:39 p.m. EDT (2139 GMT) Friday in this view from the roof the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: SpaceX A Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral and climbed into space Friday, propelling a Thai television relay satellite into orbit…
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SpaceX logs successful late afternoon launch for Thaicom
The Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad at 5:39 p.m. EDT (2139 GMT) Friday in this view from the roof the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: SpaceX A Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral and climbed into space Friday, propelling a Thai television relay satellite into orbit…