Tag: Orbcomm
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From all angles: Up and down with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster
Relive the experience with imagery from Monday night’s blazing blastoff of a Falcon 9 rocket and its historic, dramatic landing at Cape Canaveral. Carrying 11 Orbcomm communications satellites, the Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad at 8:29 p.m. EST Monday (0129 GMT Tuesday). The second stage of the rocket…
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Photos: Falcon 9 booster stands upright after landing
SpaceX took a group of reporters and photographers just offshore the Falcon 9 rocket’s landing point Tuesday, a day after the 15-story booster made a pinpoint touchdown after helping send 11 communications satellites into orbit. Seen from a boat just off the coast, the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage shows signs of wear after its…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with Orbcomm satellites
Track the progress of the launch and landing of SpaceX’s upgraded Falcon 9 rocket carrying 11 Orbcomm message relay satellites with this timeline of major events in the flight sequence. The 229-foot-tall rocket is scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad at 8:29 p.m. EST Monday (0129 GMT Tuesday) on its…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with Orbcomm satellites
Track the progress of the launch and landing of SpaceX’s upgraded Falcon 9 rocket carrying 11 Orbcomm message relay satellites with this timeline of major events in the flight sequence. The 229-foot-tall rocket is scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad at 8:29 p.m. EST Monday (0129 GMT Tuesday) on its…
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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 11 Orbcomm communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Falcon 9’s return-to-flight launch delayed 24 hours
Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now SpaceX called off a try Sunday to launch a package of Orbcomm communications satellites from Cape Canaveral, eyeing a better chance to land the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage booster Monday, according to Elon Musk, the company’s billionaire founder. Launch crews were preparing for liftoff Sunday evening, but Musk tweeted…
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Falcon 9’s return-to-flight launch delayed 24 hours
Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now SpaceX called off a try Sunday to launch a package of Orbcomm communications satellites from Cape Canaveral, eyeing a better chance to land the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage booster Monday, according to Elon Musk, the company’s billionaire founder. Launch crews were preparing for liftoff Sunday evening, but Musk tweeted…
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Photos: Taller, souped-up Falcon 9 on the launch pad
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, built with extended propellant tanks and engines rated for higher thrust, is poised for liftoff on the company’s first launch since a catastrophic failure in June grounded the commercial booster. The rocket stands 229 feet tall, five feet taller than the previous version of the Falcon 9, and will burn…
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Patience a key ingredient in Orbcomm’s new satellite fleet
Orbcomm’s 11 satellites aboard the Falcon 9 rocket are seen here before encapsulation inside the payload fairing. Credit: Orbcomm/SpaceX Nearly a decade after Orbcomm raised the money to pay for a second-generation satellite fleet to drastically expand the company’s reach, the $230 million program is finally primed for completion after Monday’s launch of a Falcon…
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Patience a key ingredient in Orbcomm’s new satellite fleet
Orbcomm’s 11 satellites aboard the Falcon 9 rocket are seen here before encapsulation inside the payload fairing. Credit: Orbcomm/SpaceX Nearly a decade after Orbcomm raised the money to pay for a second-generation satellite fleet to drastically expand the company’s reach, the $230 million program is finally primed for completion after Monday’s launch of a Falcon…