Tag: Falcon 9
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SpaceX postpones California launch to wait for better weather
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Nov. 28 with SpaceX confirmation of new Dec. 2 launch date. Spaceflight’s mission patch for the SSO-A: SmallSat Express flight, with flags representing nations with payloads on the rideshare launch. Credit: Spaceflight SpaceX has postponed Wednesday’s scheduled launch from California’s Central Coast with 64 smallsats, electing to keep the Falcon 9 rocket…
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NASA announces target date for first SpaceX Crew Dragon flight
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft launching atop a Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: NASA SpaceX is targeting Jan. 7 for launch of its first Crew Dragon commercial ferry ship on an unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station, NASA announced Wednesday, a major milestone in the…
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Photos: Falcon 9 takes off from launch pad 39A with Es’hail 2 comsat
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted by a recycled first stage fired into the skies over the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 15, and these photos show the start of the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) launcher’s journey into orbit. The Japanese-built, Qatari-owned Es’hail 2 communications satellite rode the Falcon 9 rocket into an egg-shaped geostationary…
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SpaceX postpones rideshare launch from California
Artist’s illustration of Spaceflight’s free flyers and payloads on the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage. Credit: Spaceflight SpaceX has ordered additional inspections on a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California set to launch 64 small satellites, a decision that is expected to keep the launcher grounded for several days until after…
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SpaceX launches Qatar’s Es’hail 2 communications satellite
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off Thursday from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket darted into a partly cloudy sky over Florida’s Space Coast with a roar Thursday afternoon, carrying the Japanese-built Es’hail 2 communications satellite into space to beam commercial video and data services…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches communications satellite for Qatar
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center with Qatar’s Es’hail 2 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Spaceflight Now members can watch a live view of the launch pad. SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior to launch, and…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with Es’hail 2
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Es’hail 2 communications satellite into orbit around 32 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:46 p.m. EST…
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SpaceX launches Qatar’s Es’hail-2 telecom satellite, and then lands Falcon 9 booster
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, sending the Es’hail-2 satellite into space. (SpaceX via YouTube) SpaceX sent the Es’hail-2 telecommunications satellite into orbit today, then brought the Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage booster back down for an at-sea landing. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Launch Complex…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Es’Hail-2 from 39A
SpaceX launched Qatar’s Es’hail-2 spacecraft Thursday, using a Falcon 9 rocket to place the communications satellite into orbit. Falcon lifted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at the start of a 101-minute window that opened at 15:46 Eastern Time (20:46 UTC). Thursday’s mission used a flight-proven Falcon 9 booster, making its second mission. Thursday’s launch…
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Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster ready for another launch
A Falcon 9 rocket powered by a first stage booster recovered after a launch in July is being readied for another flight Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is standing at pad 39A, the starting point for numerous space shuttle launches and Saturn 5 moonshots, in preparation for liftoff…