Falcon 9 – Spaceflight Now

July 23, 2018

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[ July 23, 2018 ] Video: Falcon 9 soars to orbit blowing smoke rings on the way (members only) Falcon 9
[ July 22, 2018 ] SpaceX delivers for Telesat with successful early morning launch Falcon 9
[ July 22, 2018 ] Video: Falcon 9 lifts off with Telstar 19 VANTAGE Falcon 9
[ July 21, 2018 ] Falcon 9 launch timeline with Telstar 19 VANTAGE Falcon 9
[ July 21, 2018 ] Weather-monitoring and tech demo CubeSats deployed in orbit Mission Reports

Video: Falcon 9 soars to orbit blowing smoke rings on the way (members only)

July 23, 2018

Spaceflight Now’s camera records the ascent of the second Falcon 9 block 5 rocket carrying the Telstar 19 VANTAGE communications satellite. Watch for smoke rings as the vehicle passes goes supersonic.

SpaceX delivers for Telesat with successful early morning launch

July 22, 2018

An upgraded model of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket fired into orbit early Sunday from Florida’s Space Coast, hoisting a record-setting 7.8-ton communications satellite for Telesat toward its planned perch more than 22,000 miles over the equator.

Video: Falcon 9 lifts off with Telstar 19 VANTAGE

July 22, 2018

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbed away from Cape Canaveral early Sunday, and its first stage booster returned to a drone ship parked in the Atlantic Ocean after sending a heavyweight commercial communications satellite toward orbit for Telesat.

Falcon 9 launch timeline with Telstar 19 VANTAGE

July 21, 2018

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Monday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Telstar 19 VANTAGE communications satellite into orbit around 32 minutes later.

Live coverage: SpaceX launches heavyweight Canadian telecom satellite

July 21, 2018

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 1:50 a.m. EDT (0550 GMT) Sunday with the Telstar 19 VANTAGE communications satellite, a powerhouse spacecraft designed to beam broadband and in-flight WiFi signals across the Americas and the North Atlantic. The rocket’s first stage successfully landed at sea aboard SpaceX’s drone ship.

Record-setting commercial satellite awaits blastoff from Cape Canaveral

July 21, 2018

A huge U.S.-built, Canadian-owned communications satellite weighing 15,600 pounds, the heaviest spacecraft of its kind ever launched, is mounted to a Falcon 9 rocket for liftoff early Sunday from Cape Canaveral on a heavy-lifting mission that previously would have required SpaceX to throw away the launcher’s first stage booster.

Video: SpaceX rocket lights engines in pre-flight test

July 19, 2018

Passing a major pre-flight milestone ahead of a launch and landing planned early Sunday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignited its main engines Wednesday for a hold-down firing at Cape Canaveral.

Live coverage: SpaceX’s second upgraded “Block 5” booster test-fired in Florida

July 18, 2018

SpaceX is preparing this week for the second flight of the upgraded “Block 5” version of the company’s Falcon 9 rocket, and a hold-down firing of the booster was accomplished Wednesday at Cape Canaveral ahead of a middle-of-the-night launch this weekend with a Canadian-owned commercial communications satellite. The static fire test occurred at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) Wednesday.

SpaceX’s first space-worthy Crew Dragon capsule arrives at Cape Canaveral

July 14, 2018

SpaceX’s first Crew Dragon spacecraft, a capsule designed to eventually carry astronauts on treks to the International Space Station, has arrived at Cape Canaveral to begin preparations for launch on an unpiloted test flight later this year.

SpaceX could try to land rocket in California later this year

July 6, 2018

A recent federal regulatory filing by SpaceX suggests the company may attempt to return a Falcon 9 rocket booster to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for the first time later this year.

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