Tag: SpaceX
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Falcon 9 conducts Static Fire test ahead of Inmarsat 5 F4 mission
SpaceX has demonstrated for a second time just how short a turnaround it can accomplish at LC-39A with Thursday’s static fire of the Falcon 9 that is set to launch the Inmarsat 5 F4 satellite Monday afternoon. As preparations for that mission continue, the flight two slots down on the manifest, the mid-June launch of…
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Falcon 9 conducts Static Fire test ahead of Inmarsat 5 F4 mission
SpaceX has demonstrated for a second time just how short a turnaround it can accomplish at LC-39A with Thursday’s static fire of the Falcon 9 that is set to launch the Inmarsat 5 F4 satellite Monday afternoon. As preparations for that mission continue, the flight two slots down on the manifest, the mid-June launch of…
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After static fire, Falcon 9 prepares to meet Inmarsat payload
Ten days after the last liftoff from historic launch pad 39A in Florida, another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignited its Merlin main engines for several seconds in a hold-down firing Thursday ahead of a planned expendable flight next week with an Inmarsat communications satellite. The two-stage rocket was filled with super-chilled, densified RP-1 kerosene and…
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After static fire, Falcon 9 prepares to meet Inmarsat payload
Ten days after the last liftoff from historic launch pad 39A in Florida, another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignited its Merlin main engines for several seconds in a hold-down firing Thursday ahead of a planned expendable flight next week with an Inmarsat communications satellite. The two-stage rocket was filled with super-chilled, densified RP-1 kerosene and…
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First core of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket fired in Texas
The center section of SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket has been test-fired at the launch company’s test facility in Central Texas, a sign of progress toward the behemoth booster’s long-delayed maiden mission scheduled some time in the final months of 2017. The core stage is a modified version of the first stage that powers SpaceX’s…
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First core of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket fired in Texas
The center section of SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket has been test-fired at the launch company’s test facility in Central Texas, a sign of progress toward the behemoth booster’s long-delayed maiden mission scheduled some time in the final months of 2017. The core stage is a modified version of the first stage that powers SpaceX’s…
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SpaceX tweets Falcon Heavy rocket test
SpaceX showed off the first static-fire engine test for the center core of its three-core Falcon Heavy rocket – a yet-to-be-flown launch vehicle that could someday send robotic probes to Mars. The heavy-lift rocket has been in the works for years. Last week’s test firing took place at SpaceX’s rocket development center in McGregor, Texas, and…
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SpaceX to launch first homegrown satellite this year, plans broadband network in 2019
SpaceX plans to launch its own satellites on Falcon 9 rockets, like the one shown here lifting off from NASA’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida. (SpaceX Photo) SpaceX has laid out its latest schedule for the satellite broadband service it’s developing in the Seattle area, starting with the launch of a prototype satellite by the…
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SpaceX improving launch cadence, testing new goals
Following the launch of the NROL-76 spacecraft on Monday – which also included a successful Second Stage extended coast test – SpaceX is already deep into preparations to launch its next mission, with the Inmarsat 5 F4 satellite, in the middle of this month. The company’s improving launch cadence is being achieved mainly via the use…
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Video: Liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket viewed from KSC press site
Email the author. Check out a view of the Falcon 9 launch Monday from our camera at the Kennedy Space Center press site about three miles from pad 39A. The rocket blasted off at 7:15 a.m. EDT (1115 GMT) with a top secret spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. Monday’s mission marked the 33rd…