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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at twilight
Launching into a clear autumn sky at sunset, a Falcon 9 rocket took off Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and delivered the SES 11/EchoStar 105 communications satellite to orbit.
VideoVideo: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with joint satellite for SES, EchoStar
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Space Coast Wednesday evening with the SES 11/EchoStar 105 communications satellite, a video relay and data distribution platform jointly developed by SES and EchoStar.
SpaceX launches its 15th mission of the year
Maintaining a brisk flight rate three days after its last launch, SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 booster powered by a reused first stage into orbit Wednesday evening from Florida with an Airbus-built communications satellite for SES and EchoStar.
Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster poised for launch
A Falcon 9 rocket powered by a reused first stage booster rolled out Tuesday to pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a day before its scheduled liftoff with an Airbus-built communications satellite designed for television broadcasts over the Americas.
Falcon 9 launch timeline with SES 11/EchoStar 105
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday evening, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the SES 11/EchoStar 105 communications satellite into orbit 36 minutes later.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX delivers joint SES/EchoStar satellite to orbit
Crowned with a European-built communications satellite designed to broadcast television over the Americas, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a previously-flown first stage booster lifted off Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A Wednesday at 6:53 p.m. EDT (2253 GMT).
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket’s predawn launch from California
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket took off Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with 10 new satellites for Iridium's upgraded communications network in low Earth orbit.
Video: Iridium payload released from Falcon 9 rocket in orbit
Watch a replay from a camera mounted on-board SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket as it released one of 10 Iridium Next communications satellites Monday nearly 400 miles above Earth.
SpaceX launch adds another 10 satellites to Iridium Next fleet
Ten more satellites for Iridium's upgraded voice and data communications fleet rode a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket into a nearly 400-mile-high orbit from California's Central Coast Monday.
Video: Launch to landing replay of Monday’s Falcon 9 flight
Watch this replay of Monday's liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, followed by touchdown of the booster's first stage on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.