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Shuttle-era structure dismantled piece-by-piece at pad 39A
A heavy-duty crane towering over launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in recent weeks has removed several large sections of a disused structure once needed to install satellites and space station modules into space shuttle cargo bays.
SES agrees to launch another satellite on previously-flown Falcon 9 booster
Six months after sending one of its communications satellites to orbit on the first re-flight of a SpaceX rocket, SES intends to launch a hybrid television broadcasting satellite owned in partnership with EchoStar on another previously-used Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Space Coast as soon as late September, industry officials told Spaceflight Now.
Anticipating upgraded spaceships, SpaceX builds final first-generation Dragon cargo craft
The Dragon supply ship set for liftoff from Florida next month was the last of SpaceX's first-generation cargo capsules off the production line, meaning future logistics deliveries to the International Space Station will fly on recycled spacecraft until a new Dragon variant is ready.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket makes evening ascent from pad 39A
Look back on last week's liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, capping a busy two weeks for the launch company with a successful satellite deployment flight for Intelsat.
SpaceX delivers for Intelsat on heavyweight Falcon 9 mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rumbled into the sky Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, flexing the rocket's muscles and lofting a massive Intelsat satellite to orbit supporting wireless communications, television broadcasting and trans-Atlantic data relays.
Video replay of the Falcon 9 rocket’s liftoff with Intelsat 35e
Launching its 10th mission this year, SpaceX delivered an Intelsat communications satellite to a high-altitude transfer orbit Wednesday with a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Video: Press site view of the Falcon 9’s launch with Intelsat 35e
Watch a view of the Falcon 9 rocket's liftoff Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center as seen from the press site around three miles from the launch pad.
Launch of Falcon 9 rocket scrubbed second day in a row
For the second day running, computers automatically aborted a Falcon 9 launch countdown Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the final seconds before liftoff with the Intelsat 35e communications satellite.
SpaceX scrubs Sunday launch attempt with Intelsat relay satellite
A computer-triggered abort halted the countdown of a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, pushing back the next mission in SpaceX's launch surge until at least Monday.
Video: SpaceX aborts launch countdown in final seconds
SpaceX scrubbed the launch of a nearly 7.5-ton Intelsat communications satellite Sunday after a computer-triggered abort halted the countdown in the final 10 seconds.