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LC-39A Update

2018/12/21 by terranovabay

Views of Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center taken on 18 December 2018. SpaceX is currently in the midst of a twenty year lease on LC-39A, the historic pad from the Apollo and Space Shuttle eras now refurbished to launch Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. Also launching from this pad soon, astronauts aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft that will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket. The white arm sticking out to the right is the Crew Access Arm […]

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Crew Dragon, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, Launch Complex 39A, LC-39A, SpaceX

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Es’hail-2

2018/11/19 by terranovabay

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A carrying the Es’hail-2 communications satellite for the Qatar Satellite Company to provide service throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Liftoff occurred on time at 3:46 p.m. on 15 November 2018. Click to view the complete launch gallery.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Es’hail-2, Falcon 9, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A, LC-39A, Qatar Satellite Company, SpaceX

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Bangabandhu Satellite-1 Launch Time Lapse

2018/05/13 by terranovabay

A time lapse video made from still images captured by a second camera setup for the launch of Bangabandhu Satellite-1 on 11 May 2018 at 4:14 p.m. from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Click here to view my Bangabandhu Satellite-1 launch gallery.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Bangabandhu Satellite-1, Bangladesh, Block 5, Falcon 9, Friend of Bengal, Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A, Space Launch Complex 39A, SpaceX, Thales Alenia Space

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Digital Bangladesh

2018/05/12 by terranovabay

In the drive towards a “Digital Bangladesh” the country launched its first geostationary communications satellite, Bangabandhu Satellite-1, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on 11 May 2018 at 4:14 p.m. from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Bangabandhu means “Friend of Bengal” in Bangladesh, and is the popular name for the first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was also instrumental in fighting for the country’s independence from Pakistan. In this series of images, shock waves form around […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Bangabandhu Satellite-1, Bangladesh, Block 5, Falcon 9, Friend of Bengal, Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A, Space Launch Complex 39A, SpaceX, Thales Alenia Space

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Falcon Heavy Demonstration Mission

2018/02/08 by terranovabay

Finally had time to work up the Falcon Heavy launch photos. Very exciting. Click to check out my little photo story of the launch.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Elon Musk, Falcon Heavy, Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A, Mars, Space Launch Complex 39A, SpaceX, Starman, Tesla Roadster

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Falcon Heavy At Night

2018/02/06 by terranovabay

The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket sits bathed in spotlights on Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The rocket undergoing tests a few weeks before its launch. The bulbous fairing at the top of the rocket covering a Red Tesla sports car that will be hurled into an orbit that will reach out as far as Mars. The car standing in as a weight simulator for the rocket’s test launch. Success or failure. We should know soon.

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Falcon Heavy, Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A, Mars, SpaceX, Tesla

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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches KoreaSat-5A

2017/11/06 by terranovabay

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket to deliver Koreasat-5A, a commercial communications satellite, to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 3:34 p.m. on 30 October 2017. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage made a successful landing on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Click for more info and photos of the launch.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Falcon 9, Kennedy Space Center, KoreaSat-5A, KSC, LC-39A, SpaceX

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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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Range Tracking

Photography by Bob Montanaro

Tag: LC-39A

LC-39A Update

Es’hail-2

Bangabandhu Satellite-1 Launch Time Lapse

Digital Bangladesh

Falcon Heavy Demonstration Mission

Falcon Heavy At Night

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches KoreaSat-5A

A satellite for Bulgaria

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