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Video: Press site view of Falcon 9’s launch with the Es’hail 2 satellite (members only)

November 15, 2018 Stephen Clark

Watch a video replay of Thursday’s liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying the Es’hail 2 communications satellite into orbit.

Falcon 9 launch timeline with Es’hail 2

November 15, 2018 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Es’hail 2 communications satellite into orbit around 32 minutes later.

Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster ready for another launch

November 15, 2018 Stephen Clark

A Falcon 9 rocket powered by a first stage booster recovered after a launch in July is being readied for another flight Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Live coverage: SpaceX launches communications satellite for Qatar

November 15, 2018 Stephen Clark

SpaceX conducted its first launch from Florida in more than two months Thursday, when a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center with the Qatari Es’hail 2 communications satellite at 3:46 p.m. EST (2046 GMT). The Falcon 9’s reused first stage landed on SpaceX’s drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Video: Falcon 9 fires engines at pad 39A ahead of Es’hail 2 launch (members only)

November 13, 2018 Stephen Clark

Watch a video replay of Monday night’s hotfire of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket is set for launch Thursday with Qatar’s Es’hail 2 communications satellite.

SpaceX fires Falcon 9 booster on pad 39A, aims for comsat launch Thursday

November 13, 2018 Stephen Clark

SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket Monday night at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, clearing the way for a launch Thursday with Qatar’s Es’hail 2 communications satellite, the first daytime liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast in more than six months.

Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired at Kennedy Space Center

November 12, 2018 Stephen Clark

SpaceX test-fired a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket Monday evening on pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, setting the stage for a launch later this week carrying the Japanese-built, Qatari-owned Es’hail 2 communications satellite to orbit.

Live from Launch Pad 39A (members only)

November 10, 2018 Spaceflight Now

A live view of launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center where SpaceX is getting ready to launch the launch the Es’hail 2 communications satellite.

SpaceX aces first rocket landing in California after launching Argentine satellite

October 8, 2018 Stephen Clark

A Falcon 9 rocket launching an Argentine Earth-observing satellite streaked across the skies of Southern California on Sunday night, then its booster stage returned to Vandenberg Air Force Base for an on-target landing, the first by SpaceX on the West Coast.

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket, landing pad ready for action at Vandenberg

October 7, 2018 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was raised vertical at Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sunday ahead of a planned liftoff with Argentina’s SAOCOM 1A radar observation satellite, and the first landing of a SpaceX booster on the U.S. West Coast.