2016 – Page 49 – Spaceflight Now

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lofts satellites for Eutelsat and ABS

June 16, 2016 Stephen Clark

A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off into a brilliant morning sky over the Sunshine State on Wednesday, and these photos show the kerosene-fueled launcher climbing away from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad.

SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon Test Flight (December 8, 2010)

June 16, 2016 Spaceflight Now

Watch a Falcon 9 rocket lift off from Cape Canaveral on December 8, 2010, at 10:43 a.m. EST (1543 GMT) on the COTS (Commercial Orbital Transportation Services) Demo Flight 1. It was the first test flight of the Dragon cargo ship.

Atlas 5 rocket gains approval to launch again after issue on last flight diagnosed

June 16, 2016 Justin Ray

United Launch Alliance has granted “flight clearance” for its workhorse Atlas 5 rocket to resume satellite deployments after linking an errant valve with the fuel usage crunch on its most recent mission and tweaking subsequent vehicles.

Video: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on dual-satellite delivery mission

June 15, 2016 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Wednesday at 10:29 a.m. EDT (1429 GMT), launching with two Boeing-built communications satellites for Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite.

SpaceX successfully fires satellites into orbit, but loses booster on landing

June 15, 2016 Stephen Clark

Two pioneering communications satellites purely powered by plasma rocket thrusters lifted off from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 launcher Wednesday, starting missions to broadcast video across Asia and Latin America, and improve navigation for airplanes crossing the United States.

Photos: Navy satellite encapsulated, mated to Atlas 5

June 15, 2016 Justin Ray

The U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System communications satellite No. 5 was encapsulated in the payload fairing at Astrotech on June 4 and then hoisted atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Complex 41 on June 13.

Live coverage: Two telecom satellites launched by Falcon 9, booster recovery fails

June 15, 2016 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 10:29 a.m. EDT (1429 GMT) Wednesday with two Boeing-built communications payloads for Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite. A secondary objective to recover the first stage offshore in the Atlantic Ocean failed.

Year: 2016

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lofts satellites for Eutelsat and ABS

SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon Test Flight (December 8, 2010)

Atlas 5 rocket gains approval to launch again after issue on last flight diagnosed

Video: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on dual-satellite delivery mission

SpaceX successfully fires satellites into orbit, but loses booster on landing

Photos: Navy satellite encapsulated, mated to Atlas 5

Live coverage: Two telecom satellites launched by Falcon 9, booster recovery fails

Mission events timeline for Falcon 9’s launch for ABS and Eutelsat

Cygnus leaves space station and conducts NASA fire experiment in microgravity

Live video: Cygnus freighter to depart the space station Tuesday