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Watch the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch the EchoStar 23 satellite

March 16, 2017 Spaceflight Now

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, carrying the EchoStar 23 commercial television broadcast satellite into orbit.

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  • SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites into polar orbit on Falcon 9 rocket from California
    July 18, 2025
  • SpaceX launches first of three missions for Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation
    July 15, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
    July 15, 2025
  • NASA, SpaceX target July 31 for Crew-11 launch to the ISS
    July 14, 2025
  • SpaceX launches Israeli satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    July 12, 2025
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