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Falcon 9’s launch failure viewed from KSC press site

June 28, 2015 Stephen Clark

Spaceflight Now’s camera at the Kennedy Space Center’s Complex 39 press site captured this view of the Falcon 9 rocket’s high-altitude anomaly Sunday.

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    July 12, 2025
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    July 5, 2025
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