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Live coverage: SpaceX conducts third Falcon 9 launch of the month

October 30, 2017 Stephen Clark

SpaceX launched a Korean communications satellite from Florida on Monday aboard the company’s third Falcon 9 rocket flight of the month. Liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center occurred at 3:34 p.m. EDT (1934 GMT), and the Falcon 9’s first stage landed on a floating barge in the Atlantic Ocean a few minutes later.

Video: Falcon 9 rocket raised vertical at pad 39A

October 29, 2017 Stephen Clark

On the eve of liftoff with a Korean communications satellite, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was lifted upright Sunday at launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Korean communications craft installed on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket

October 29, 2017 Stephen Clark

A multipurpose communications satellite owned by a South Korean telecom company is set for liftoff Monday from Florida’s Space Coast aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster, and forecasters predict near-ideal conditions for a rocket launch.

Falcon 9 rocket engines test-fired in advance of Monday launch

October 26, 2017 Stephen Clark

Moving closer toward launch Monday with a South Korean communications satellite, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired its nine Merlin main engines Thursday on a launch pad in Florida in a key preflight readiness test.

Video: Falcon 9 rocket completes static fire test ahead of South Korean satellite launch

October 26, 2017 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket ignited its nine Merlin engines at Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A Thursday in a customary pre-flight test ahead of the company’s next mission, slated for Monday with a commercial South Korean-owned communications satellite.

Israel’s Spacecom books launch with SpaceX using pre-paid Amos 6 credits

October 26, 2017 Stephen Clark

The Israeli satellite operator Spacecom has tapped a Falcon 9 rocket to deliver its next geostationary communications satellite to orbit in 2019 using approximately $50 million in credits the company paid SpaceX for a mission last year that ended in an explosion on the launch pad.

Live coverage: SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in Florida

October 26, 2017 Stephen Clark

SpaceX launch crews rolled out the company’s next Falcon 9 rocket to pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, then lifted the two-stage launcher vertical for a hold-down engine firing Thursday in preparation for launch next week with a South Korean-owned commercial communications satellite.

Live coverage: SpaceX conducts third Falcon 9 launch of the month

Video: Falcon 9 rocket raised vertical at pad 39A

Korean communications craft installed on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket

Falcon 9 rocket engines test-fired in advance of Monday launch

Video: Falcon 9 rocket completes static fire test ahead of South Korean satellite launch

Israel’s Spacecom books launch with SpaceX using pre-paid Amos 6 credits

Live coverage: SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in Florida

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