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VideoVideo: Falcon 9 rocket explodes on the launch pad
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
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.
Tropical storm could be a factor in SpaceX launch Saturday
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
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
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.
Another Falcon 9 rocket returns to perch in Port Canaveral
The sixth Falcon 9 rocket booster recovered by SpaceX has returned to Port Canaveral after an up-and-down flight Aug. 14 that sent a commercial Japanese broadcasting satellite toward orbit.
Photos: Falcon 9 climbs away from Cape Canaveral with JCSAT 16
The Falcon 9 rocket's eighth flight of 2016 took off from Cape Canaveral early Sunday with the Japanese JCSAT 16 communications satellite, setting a new mark for the most launches made by SpaceX in a single year.
Falcon 9 rocket launches Japanese satellite, then nails bullseye landing
Vaulting into a starry sky over Florida's Space Coast, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully took off early Sunday with a Japanese video and data relay satellite, then stuck a landing on a barge stationed nearly 400 miles east of Cape Canaveral.
Falcon 9 launch timeline with JCSAT 16
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral early Sunday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the JCSAT 16 communications satellite into orbit 32 minutes later.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches Japanese satellite, then lands at sea
For the second time this year, SpaceX has launched a commercial communications satellite for Tokyo-based SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at 1:26 a.m. EDT (0526 GMT) from Cape Canaveral with the JCSAT 16 satellite to relay data and video across Japan and the Asia-Pacific. The Falcon 9's first stage booster nailed a landing on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean a few minutes later.