Tag: Falcon 9
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with EchoStar 23
Updated with 48-hour delay to Thursday. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral early Thursday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the EchoStar 23 communications satellite into orbit 34 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in…
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Commercial TV broadcast satellite ready to ride Falcon 9 rocket
The EchoStar 23 satellite is seen inside SpaceX’s payload processing facility at Cape Canaveral after arriving at the launch base in November. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is expected to transfer its next Falcon 9 rocket to launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday with a direct-to-home television broadcast satellite on-board, setting…
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4K video: Wide-angle view of Falcon 9 hotfire
A wide-angle view of the Space X Falcon 9 rocket test firing at Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A on March 9, 2017 during final preparations for it scheduled blastoff with the EchoStar 23 communications satellite. Watch in up to to 4k resolution.
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Falcon 9 rocket performs static fire test
The Falcon 9 rocket fires its engines for a hold-down test Thursday. Credit: SpaceX Held down by heavy-duty restraints, a Falcon 9 rocket fired up its nine Merlin engines for more than three seconds Thursday evening in a key readiness test before launching from Florida with a commercial television broadcast satellite next week. The nine…
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Video: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired ahead of EchoStar 23 launch
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was test-fired at Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A on Thursday evening, a few days before its scheduled blastoff with the EchoStar 23 communications satellite. The nine Merlin 1D engines at the base of the booster ignited for more than three seconds at 6 p.m. EST (2300 GMT) Thursday, generating around…
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Watch a time-lapse of the Falcon 9 rocket going vertical
A Falcon 9 rocket is lifted into position for a planned countdown dress rehearsal at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The rocket is being readied for launch early Sunday with the EchoStar 23 communications satellite. This video runs at 20x normal speed.
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Live coverage: SpaceX readies next Falcon 9 for liftoff
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the second Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch the EchoStar 23 television broadcast satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Auto-destruct system seen as a key to ramping up launch tempos
Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images The U.S. Air Force says the demonstration of an automated safety system on last week’s Falcon 9 rocket launch will slash and costs and hasten turnarounds between missions from military-operated ranges in Florida and California. The on-board safety system, relying on Global Positioning System satellite navigation data, replaces…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket soars into overcast sky from pad 39A
Check out one more gallery of photos from Sunday’s blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon rocket from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. These images show the Falcon 9 rocket’s preflight preparations at pad 39A, the final loading of the Dragon supply ship with time-sensitive cargo, and the lifting of the 213-foot-tall…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from pad 39A, then lands nearby
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off Sunday for the first time from launch pad 39A, a historic facility under lease from NASA, and delivered to orbit an uncrewed supply ship heading for the International Space Station. The first stage booster returned to a landing at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station — 9 miles (15…