Tag: SpaceX
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SpaceX Dragon capsule splashes down, bringing space samples back to Earth
SpaceX’s Dragon capsule floats toward a Pacific Ocean splashdown. (SpaceX Photo) SpaceX’s robotic Dragon capsule brought tons of cargo back down to Earth from the International Space Station today, in a trip that ended with a Pacific Ocean splashdown. The trip began early today when astronauts used the station’s robotic arm to pull the Dragon…
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SpaceX nabs GPS launch contract as Air Force opens more missions for bidding
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket launching from Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX The U.S. Air Force this week awarded SpaceX a contract to launch a Global Positioning System satellite in early 2019, concluding the second of as many as 15 competitions the military plans to run over the next year to pit SpaceX against…
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Photos: Falcon 9 flies off pad 39A
Climbing into a clear night sky, a Falcon 9 rocket soared into space early Thursday with the EchoStar 23 commercial communications satellite from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) booster took off at 2 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT) after delays caused by high winds. The U.S.-built, U.S.-owned EchoStar…
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Watch the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch the EchoStar 23 satellite
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, carrying the EchoStar 23 commercial television broadcast satellite into orbit. Video: SpaceX.
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TV broadcast satellite launched aboard Falcon 9 rocket
Updated to add spacecraft status and orbit information. The Falcon 9 rocket streaks downrange in this long exposure photo from atop the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched into a starry moonlit sky Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, making a…
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SpaceX launches expendable Falcon 9 with EchoStar 23
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has conducted its third flight of the year on Thursday, following a scrub due to high winds on Tuesday. The launch carried a commercial communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. The launch took place from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Falcon 9 Launch: The launch carried…
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After delay, SpaceX launches EchoStar satellite – but forgoes rocket landing
The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lights up the night at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. (SpaceX via YouTube) For the second time in a week, weather worries caused a delay in SpaceX’s launch of the EchoStar 23 communications satellite – but this time, liftoff took place less than a half-hour later than…
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High winds keep Falcon 9 rocket grounded
Updated at 12:15 p.m. EDT (1615 GMT). The countdown clock at the Kennedy Space Center’s press site is seen during the final countdown Tuesday before SpaceX’s scrub. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Rain showers and gloomy clouds blew through NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Monday evening, but it was high winds that prevented liftoff of a…
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SpaceX postpones launch of EchoStar communications satellite due to high winds
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands on its pad at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in preparation for sending the EchoStar 23 satellite into orbit. (SpaceX Photo) High winds have forced SpaceX to postpone its launch of the EchoStar 23 communications satellite, a mission requiring so much oomph that the company won’t even try landing…
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Photos: Falcon 9 booster, minus landing legs and grid fins, poised for launch
A 229-foot-tall (70-meter) SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stood on launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Monday afternoon on the eve of a scheduled blastoff with the EchoStar 23 television broadcast satellite. The two-stage rocket will fly without the four landing legs and grid fins normally carried on Falcon 9 missions. That’s because…