August 2018 – Page 5 – Spaceflight Now

NASA signs off on SpaceX’s “load-and-go” procedure for crew launches

August 9, 2018 Stephen Clark

The NASA manager overseeing development of Boeing and SpaceX’s commercial crew ferry ships says the space agency has approved SpaceX’s proposal to strap in astronauts atop Falcon 9 rockets, then fuel the launchers in the final hour of the countdown as the company does for its uncrewed missions.

Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket blasts off with Merah Putih satellite

August 9, 2018 Stephen Clark

A Falcon 9 rocket booster which first flew in May took off for the second time Tuesday from Cape Canaveral carrying the Indonesian Merah Putih communications satellite.

Indonesian communications satellite deployed in orbit by SpaceX

August 7, 2018 Stephen Clark

Keeping up a run of middle-of-the-night launches from Cape Canaveral, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket powered by a recycled first stage booster climbed into orbit early Tuesday with the Indonesian Merah Putih communications satellite.

Watch a live view of launch complex 40 as a Falcon 9 readies for launch (members only)

August 7, 2018 Spaceflight Now

Live video coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with the Merah Putih communications satellite for Telkom Indonesia. (Members Only)

Falcon 9 launch timeline with Merah Putih

August 6, 2018 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Merah Putih communications satellite into orbit around 32 minutes later.

Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral

August 6, 2018 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, flying with a first stage booster that was previously launched and recovered in May, lifted from Cape Canaveral at 1:18 a.m. EDT (0518 GMT) Tuesday with Indonesia’s Merah Putih communications satellite. The first stage accomplished a pinpoint landing on SpaceX’s drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Month: August 2018

NASA signs off on SpaceX’s “load-and-go” procedure for crew launches

Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket blasts off with Merah Putih satellite

Indonesian communications satellite deployed in orbit by SpaceX

Watch a live view of launch complex 40 as a Falcon 9 readies for launch (members only)

Falcon 9 launch timeline with Merah Putih

Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX set to re-fly first Falcon 9 Block 5 booster Tuesday

SpaceX cargo capsule comes back to Earth from space station

NASA reveals crews for first flights of commercial spaceships

Watch live as NASA announces astronaut crews for new U.S. spacecraft