2015 – Page 80 – Spaceflight Now

Photos: Falcon takes flight

March 2, 2015 Justin Ray

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off Sunday with a dual-satellite payload destined for geosynchronous orbits 22,300 miles above the Earth.

Plasma-driven satellites launched from Cape Canaveral

March 2, 2015 Stephen Clark

Two communications satellites blasted off Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, kicking off more than a half-year of novel maneuvers in orbit using plasma drive engines to position the spacecraft 22,300 miles above Earth and link the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

On This Day… Endeavour Launches on ASTRO-2 Mission

March 2, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 1995, Endeavour launched on the ASTRO-2 astronomy mission:

Photos: Falcon 9 stands ready to launch dual-satellite stack

March 1, 2015 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s 22-story Falcon 9 rocket stands on Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad Sunday, hours before the scheduled liftoff of a pair of commercial communications satellites for Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite.

Astronauts install antennas for commercial crew capsules

March 1, 2015 William Harwood

Astronauts Terry Virts and space station commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore ventured back outside Sunday for their third spacewalk in eight days to complete initial preparations for upcoming dockings by commercially developed Boeing and SpaceX crew ferry ships.

Boeing’s first two all-electric satellites ready for launch

March 1, 2015 Stephen Clark

A new class of Boeing-built spacecraft will fly into orbit for the first time Sunday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, combining Boeing’s electric propulsion technology with SpaceX’s bargain launch prices to send up communications satellites at a fraction of the typical cost.

Year: 2015

Photos: Falcon takes flight

Plasma-driven satellites launched from Cape Canaveral

On This Day… Endeavour Launches on ASTRO-2 Mission

Photos: Falcon 9 stands ready to launch dual-satellite stack

Astronauts install antennas for commercial crew capsules

Boeing’s first two all-electric satellites ready for launch

On This Date…March 1

Photos: Satellites readied for tandem launch on Falcon 9

Falcon 9 launch timeline with Eutelsat 115 West B and ABS 3A

Could these bright spots on Ceres be ice volcanoes?