Tag: JCSAT 18

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket streaks downrange from Cape Canaveral Monday night with the JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 communications satellite. Credit: SpaceX A hefty communications satellite built by Boeing and launched by SpaceX Monday night from Cape Canaveral is on the way to a lofty perch more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the Pacific Ocean,…

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with the JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 communications satellite for Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. and Kacific Broadband Satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior to launch,…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Monday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 communications satellite into orbit around 33 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 7:10…

A previously-flown Falcon 9 booster ignited its nine Merlin engines at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad for a test-firing at 1:20 p.m. EST (1820 GMT) Friday. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now A test-firing of a twice-flown Falcon 9 booster Friday at Cape Canaveral paved the way for SpaceX’s next launch, scheduled for Monday night with…

Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch the JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 communications satellite for Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. and Kacific Broadband Satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Credit: Spaceflight Now Check…