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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched Arabsat-6A into orbit at 6:35 p.m. on 11 April 2019 from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Click to view my gallery of selected images from the launch.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Arabsat-6A, Falcon Heavy, Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX
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The Crew Dragon Demo-1 spacecraft that recently returned from the International Space Station after flying an automatic test flight there and back returns to Port Canaveral aboard the Go Searcher recovery ship on 9 March 2019. The Demo-1 spacecraft had parachuted to a landing in the Atlantic Ocean the day before. The arrival back at Port was the beginning of a late night operation to get the spacecraft off the ship and back to its hanger for study. A successful […]
Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Crew Dragon, Demo-1, Go Navigator, Go Searcher, Port Canaveral, SpaceX
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SpaceX launched the Crew Dragon Demo-1 mission at 2:49 a.m. on 2 March 2019 from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Click for more information and to view the launch gallery.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Commercial Crew Program, Crew Dragon, Demo-1, Falcon 9, International Space Station, ISS, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A, LC-39A, NASA, SpaceX
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A communications satellite for Indonesia lifts off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying two other payloads, an Israeli lunar lander and a technology demonstration satellite for the U.S. military. Launch occurred at 8:45 p.m on 21 February 2019 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Click to view the launch gallery.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Beresheet, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, Indonesia, Israel, Nusantara Satu, S5, SLC 40, SpaceX
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Looking forward to tonight’s launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station where a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will loft three payloads into space. The largest will be PSN-VI, a geostationary communications satellite named Nusantara Satu for the country of Indonesia. The second payload and the one garnering the most attention is an Israeli-built lunar lander called Beresheet that will attempt a soft landing on the Moon. The third and smallest payload is a small demonstration spacecraft for the U.S. military […]
Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: 45th Space Wing, Beresheet, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, Indonesia, Israel, Lunar Lander, Moon, Nusantara Satu, PSN-VI, S5, SpaceX
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After previous delays due to weather and technical problems, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket finally launched the United States Air Force’s first Global Positioning System III space vehicle (SV) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 8:51 a.m. on 23 December 2018. Click to view the launch gallery.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, GPS III SV01, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX, U.S. Air Force
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The launch of the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III SV01 stood down for another day on 22 December 2018 after strong upper level winds failed to die down after a front passed through. The skyline of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station shows the rocket venting gaseous oxygen during fueling as the sun rose. Optimism ran high that the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket would launch on what appeared to be a beautiful morning, at least on the ground, to the point […]
Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, GPS III SV01, SpaceX, U.S. Air Force
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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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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket vents gaseous oxygen into the cold morning air during fueling in preparation to launch a GPS satellite for the U.S. Air Force on 18 December 2018 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Strong upper level winds caused a delay in the count in the hopes the winds would die down. When they did, a technical problem on the first stage forced a scrub for the day. Things are on track to […]
Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, GPS III SV01, Launch Complex 40, SpaceX, U.S. Air Force
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 booster for the CRS-16 mission floats in the water at Port Canaveral after being towed in earlier in the day on 7 December 2018. The booster strayed off course as it attempted to touchdown on Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. A failure of one of the grid fins that help steer and stabilize the rocket during its descent failed causing the rocket to come down further to the east in the Atlantic […]
Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, CRS-16, Falcon 9, Port Canaveral, SpaceX
