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Video: Falcon 9 rocket raised vertical at pad 39A
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
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
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
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
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 moved to launch pad for hotfire test
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’s next Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in Florida
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.
SpaceX, ULA win NASA contracts to launch Earth observation satellites
NASA has selected SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to deliver to orbit a joint U.S.-European oceanography mission and the next land imaging satellite in the Landsat series on Falcon 9 and Atlas 5 rockets.
Iridium swaps two new Falcon 9 rockets for “flight-proven” boosters
Citing schedule concerns over price benefits, Iridium announced Thursday it will launch its next 20 satellites on a pair of previously-flown Falcon 9 boosters from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, beginning with a Dec. 22 mission.
Regulatory filings suggest SpaceX plans November launch with mystery payload
Information found in federal regulatory filings suggests SpaceX plans to conduct a Falcon 9 rocket launch as soon as mid-November with an unidentified payload that has so far escaped public disclosure.