Tag: Latin America
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Hotfire test completed ahead of milestone Falcon 9 launch Thursday
SpaceX tweeted this image of the Falcon 9 rocket conducting its static fire test at pad 39A on Monday afternoon. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX has set the first launch of a “flight-proven” Falcon 9 rocket for Thursday evening after running the booster through a hold-down engine firing Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Nearly…
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Live coverage: Reused Falcon 9 rocket prepared for launch
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the third Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the first to use a previously-flown Falcon first stage booster. The mission will launch the SES 10 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page.…