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OTV-5 returns to orbit

2017/09/08 by terranovabay

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the OTV-5 mission into orbit for the U.S. Air Force at 10:00 a.m. on 7 September 2017 from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. About eight minutes after launch, the Falcon 9 first stage successfully landed at Landing Zone 1 at the adjacent Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This is the fifth flight of the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), a small, winged, reusable spacecraft that looks like a tiny version of […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A, Orbital Test Vehicle, OTV-5, SpaceX, U.S. Air Force, X-37B

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SensorSat Soars To Orbit Aboard Minotaur IV

2017/08/26 by terranovabay

An Orbital ATK Minotaur IV rocket, built from retired components of a Peacemaker intercontinental ballistic missile, launched at 2:04 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 26 August 2017. This rocket carried the SensorSat Demonstration satellite into orbit on the Operationally Responsive Space-5 (ORS-5) mission. SensorSat is a U.S. Air Force space surveillance system that will demonstrate the ability to observe other objects in orbit. This is the first launch of a Minotaur rocket […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Air Force, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 46, Minotaur IV, Operationally Responsive Space-5, Orbital ATK, ORS-5, SensorSat

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Atlas V launches TDRS-M

2017/08/20 by terranovabay

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket launched the Tracking Data and Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M) into a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 8:29 a.m on 18 August 2017. NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) is a space-based communication system used to provide tracking, telemetry, command and high-bandwidth data return services. The TDRSS, also referred to as the NASA Space Network, consists of satellites in geosynchronous stationary orbits and […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, NASA, SLC 41, Space Launch Complex 41, TDRS-M, Tracking Data and Relay Satellite, United Launch Alliance

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Falcon 9 launches CRS-12

2017/08/17 by terranovabay

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched a Dragon spacecraft to low-Earth orbit to deliver cargo to and from the International Space Station for NASA from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 12:31 p.m. on 14 August 2017. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida approximately eight minutes after launch. The image shows the first stage falling just prior to commencing the landing burn to place […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, CRS-12, Dragon spacecraft, Falcon 9, International Space Station, ISS, Kennedy Space Center, Landing Zone 1, LZ-1, NASA, SpaceX

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Intelsat 35e heads toward orbit

2017/07/07 by terranovabay

Intelsat 35e gets a boost to orbit from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:38 p.m. from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The commercial communications satellite is seen here streaking to orbit in a time exposure. Click to view the rest of the launch photos.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Falcon 9 rocket, Intelsat 35e, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A, SpaceX, telecommunications satellite

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A satellite for Bulgaria

2017/06/24 by terranovabay

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches BulgariaSat-1, a commercial communications satellite, into orbit from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 3:10 p.m. on 23 June 2017. Click to view more images and a short video of the launch.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Bulgaria, BulgariaSat-1, droneship, Falcon 9, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A, LC-39A, OCISLY, Of Course I Still Love You, SpaceX

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SpaceX CRS-11 Mission

2017/06/04 by terranovabay

The SpaceX CRS-11 Falcon 9 first stage is pictured moments before landing at Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a blustery late afternoon on 3 June 2017. Learn more and see the rest of the launch and landing photos and video at http://www.lunarcabin.com/Rocket_Launches/CRS11.html.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Commercial Resupply, CRS-11, Dragon, International Space Station, ISS, Kennedy Space Center, Landing Zone 1, Launch Complex 39A, NASA, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., SpaceX

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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches INMARSAT-5 F4

2017/05/16 by terranovabay

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the INMARSAT-5 F4 commercial communications satellite from Space Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 7:21 p.m. on 15 May 2017. INMARSAT-5 F4 is the fourth satellite in the Global Xpress constellation; the world’s first globally available, high speed, mobile broadband service for users on land, at sea, and in the air. The satellite was built by Boeing Network & Space Systems. Due to the weight of the satellite, the first stage did […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Boeing Network & Space Systems, Falcon 9, Global Xpress, INMARSAT-5 F4, Kennedy Space Center, Roseate Spoonbill, Space Launch Complex 39A, SpaceX

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Up and Down for National Security

2017/05/03 by terranovabay

A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster makes a succesful landing at Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after sending a classified satellite (NROL-76) into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff was at 7:15 a.m. on 1 May 2017 from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A with the landing happening a little over eight minutes later. Click to view the gallery of NROL-76 launch and landing photographs.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, Kennedy Space Center, Landing Zone 1, Launch Complex 39A, National Reconnaissance Office, NROL-76, SpaceX

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Making a delivery to the International Space Station

2017/04/20 by terranovabay

It is all about the lighting. Having to shoot almost directly into the sun turns the launch of an Atlas V rocket carrying a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station into a silhouette, albeit a rather spectacular silhouette, at 11:11AM on 18 April 2017 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Click to view more of the launch photos.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cygnus, International Space Station, ISS, NASA, OA-7, Orbital ATK, ULA, United Launch Alliance

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Category Archives: Rocket Launch

OTV-5 returns to orbit

SensorSat Soars To Orbit Aboard Minotaur IV

Atlas V launches TDRS-M

Falcon 9 launches CRS-12

Intelsat 35e heads toward orbit

A satellite for Bulgaria

SpaceX CRS-11 Mission

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches INMARSAT-5 F4

Up and Down for National Security

Making a delivery to the International Space Station

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