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Video: Falcon 9 rocket explodes on the launch pad

September 1, 2016 Stephen Clark

Watch as a 23-story Falcon 9 rocket explodes Thursday morning during a countdown before a pre-launch engine hotfire test at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad.

SpaceX rocket and Israeli satellite destroyed in launch pad explosion

September 1, 2016 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded in the final minutes of a simulated countdown at Cape Canaveral on Thursday, destroying the booster and an Israeli communications satellite valued at nearly $200 million.

Live coverage: Explosion at Falcon 9 launch pad

September 1, 2016 Spaceflight Now

An explosion has occurred at launch complex 40 where a Falcon 9 rocket was scheduled for a routine pre-launch static test fire of its nine Merlin main engines.

Tropical storm could be a factor in SpaceX launch Saturday

August 31, 2016 Stephen Clark

Weather forecasters at Cape Canaveral are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Hermine in the Gulf of Mexico in case winds and thick clouds from the cyclone threaten the scheduled launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Saturday.

SES agrees to launch satellite on ‘flight-proven’ Falcon 9 rocket

August 30, 2016 Stephen Clark

SpaceX and SES, an international communications satellite operator based in Luxembourg, have agreed to place the SES 10 television relay craft aboard the first launch of a reused “flight-proven” Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral as soon as October, the companies announced Tuesday.

SpaceX puts historic flown rocket on permanent display

August 20, 2016 Stephen Clark

Crews outside the SpaceX’s headquarters in California on Saturday positioned the booster that stuck the first Falcon 9 rocket landing for vertical display, and now the launcher is an unmistakable Space Age trophy visible to passersby on nearby streets and freeways.

Video: Falcon 9 rocket explodes on the launch pad

SpaceX rocket and Israeli satellite destroyed in launch pad explosion

Live coverage: Explosion at Falcon 9 launch pad

Tropical storm could be a factor in SpaceX launch Saturday

SES agrees to launch satellite on ‘flight-proven’ Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX puts historic flown rocket on permanent display

Another Falcon 9 rocket returns to perch in Port Canaveral

Photos: Falcon 9 climbs away from Cape Canaveral with JCSAT 16

Falcon 9 rocket launches Japanese satellite, then nails bullseye landing

Falcon 9 launch timeline with JCSAT 16