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The Koreasat 5A satellite pictured at Thales Alenia Space’s manufacturing facility in Cannes, France. Credit: Thales Alenia Space A multipurpose communications satellite owned by a South Korean telecom company is set for liftoff Monday from Florida’s Space Coast aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster, and forecasters predict near-ideal conditions for a rocket launch. The Koreasat…

A plume of exhaust and steam appears from the base of the Falcon 9 rocket Thursday during a hold-down engine firing. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now Moving closer toward launch Monday with a South Korean communications satellite, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired its nine Merlin main engines Thursday on a launch pad in Florida in…

SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket ignited its nine Merlin engines at Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A Thursday in a customary pre-flight test ahead of the company’s next mission, slated for Monday with a commercial South Korean-owned communications satellite. The Merlin 1D engines fired at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT) Thursday as hold-down restraints kept…