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VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from California, lands in Pacific
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:37 a.m. PDT (8:37 a.m. EDT; 1237 GMT) Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with the third set of 10 new-generation satellites for Iridium's voice and data relay network. The Falcon 9's first stage booster successfully landed on a platform in the Pacific Ocean a few minutes after liftoff.
Photos: SpaceX preps Falcon 9 rocket for launch from Vandenberg
SpaceX aims to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with 10 new satellites for Iridium's tracking and message relay constellation in low Earth orbit.
Timeline for Falcon 9’s third launch of Iridium satellites
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket's ascent to orbit with the third set of 10 next-generation satellites for Iridium's voice and data relay fleet.
Iridium’s third batch of new satellites set for Monday launch
Ten new satellites for Iridium's $3 billion next-generation communications network are set for launch Monday from California's Central Coast aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
SpaceX delays Falcon 9 launch of TV broadcast satellite
Liftoff of a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with a European-built television broadcast satellite has been pushed back from Saturday until at least next Wednesday night, officials said.
Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster test-fired for weekend launch
SpaceX test-fired a reused Falcon 9 booster Monday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, checking the rocket's readiness for a planned liftoff Saturday with an Airbus-built commercial communications satellite.
Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in Florida
A previously-flown SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster conducted a test-firing Monday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ahead of a planned launch Oct. 7 with an Airbus-built communications satellite made for SES and EchoStar.
SpaceX sets target launch dates for back-to-back flights next month
SpaceX engineers are readying two Falcon 9 rockets for launches Oct. 7 and Oct. 9 from Florida and California, setting up another quick turnaround to first deploy a large TV broadcasting satellite for SES and EchoStar over the United States with a previously-flown booster, then add 10 more spacecraft to Iridium's fleet of new-generation voice and data relay network.
GRACE satellites to end research mission in November, before replacements launch
Two U.S.-German satellites launched more than 15 years ago to measure Earth's changing gravity field will stop collecting data in November, a few months before a pair of replacement craft will launch to resume gravity measurements, NASA officials said.
Launch operators expect minimal delays from Hurricane Irma
SpaceX and United Launch Alliance expect to resume launches with little or no delay after Hurricane Irma veered west of Cape Canaveral last weekend, sparing the launch base from the storm's most extreme damage.