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Video: Replay of SpaceX’s first launch and landing of 2018
Watch a replay of the launch and landing of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 7 at Cape Canaveral. This video shows the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket taking off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad at 8 p.m. EST Jan. 7 (0100 GMT Jan. 8) and climbing through mostly clear skies over Florida’s…
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Video: Falcon 9’s first stage paints a dazzling spectacle in the sky
Watch a video clip of the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage separating and firing its engines to return to Cape Canaveral shortly after liftoff Jan. 7. The view shows the first and second stage engine plumes interacting high in the atmosphere about two-and-a-half minutes after the Falcon 9 blasted off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40…
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SpaceX kicks off ambitious 2018 schedule with launch for U.S. government
Two streaks in this long exposure photo show the Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral’s pad 40, and then its first stage returning to Earth at a nearby landing pad. Credit: SpaceX Running nearly two months late after technical concerns prevented liftoff last year, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired into the sky…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches and lands at Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with the Zuma payload for the U.S. government. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior to launch, and will be available on this page.
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SpaceX delays launch to study data from recent payload fairing test
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Nov. 17. The Falcon 9 rocket with Zuma stands at pad 39A on Wednesday afternoon. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now SpaceX has postponed its next launch from the Kennedy Space Center indefinitely to examine data from a recent payload fairing test for another customer. The company said in a statement Thursday that the…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launch put on hold
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with the Zuma payload for the U.S. government. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior to launch, and will be available on this page.
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launch put on hold
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with the Zuma payload for the U.S. government. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior to launch, and will be available on this page.
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Top secret ‘Zuma’ mission puzzles satellite trackers
EDITOR’S NOTE: The launch of Zuma has been delayed to Friday, Nov. 17. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands poised for launch at pad 39A in Florida with the Zuma payload. Credit: SpaceX A top secret payload developed in secrecy for the U.S. government is set to ride into orbit from Florida’s Space Coast aboard a…
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Falcon 9 flight timeline for the Zuma mission
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Jan. 7 for new launch date and launch pad. SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 booster is being readied for liftoff from Cape Canaveral, but most of the launcher’s ascent into orbit will be under a news blackout at the request of the U.S. government customer that owns the top secret Zuma payload fastened…
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Falcon 9 flight timeline for the Zuma mission
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Jan. 7 for new launch date and launch pad. SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 booster is being readied for liftoff from Cape Canaveral, but most of the launcher’s ascent into orbit will be under a news blackout at the request of the U.S. government customer that owns the top secret Zuma payload fastened…