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Weeks from another launch, SpaceX keeping pace with manifest
The next launch in SpaceX's busy manifest this year is scheduled for March 21, when a Falcon 9 rocket will take off from Cape Canaveral and deliver Turkmenistan's first satellite into orbit.
NASA orders missions to resupply space station in 2017
NASA has ordered four additional launches to deliver cargo to the International Space Station in 2017 -- three from SpaceX and one from Orbital ATK -- to cover the research lab's logistics needs until a new set of resupply contracts take effect.
Photos: Last look at Sunday’s launch by SpaceX
Sunday's liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket marked the 16th flight of SpaceX's workhorse launcher, and its third mission of the year. Here is another set of launch photos from SpaceX.
Reader-submitted shots of Falcon 9 launch
Spaceflight Now readers sent in photos of Sunday's blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, which lit up a late-night moonlit sky over Florida's Space Coast on the way to orbit with two communications satellites.
Photos: Falcon 9 stands ready to launch dual-satellite stack
SpaceX's 22-story Falcon 9 rocket stands on Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad Sunday, hours before the scheduled liftoff of a pair of commercial communications satellites for Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite.
Boeing’s first two all-electric satellites ready for launch
A new class of Boeing-built spacecraft will fly into orbit for the first time Sunday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, combining Boeing's electric propulsion technology with SpaceX's bargain launch prices to send up communications satellites at a fraction of the typical cost.
Photos: Satellites readied for tandem launch on Falcon 9
Two communications spacecraft built by Boeing and owned by Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite will ride a Falcon 9 rocket into orbit Sunday, and these pictures show the satellites stacked together and prepared for liftoff from Cape Canaveral.
Falcon 9 launch timeline with Eutelsat 115 West B and ABS 3A
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent into space from Cape Canaveral with the Eutelsat 115 West B and ABS 3A communications satellite.
Live coverage: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches
SpaceX has launched its third Falcon 9 of the year. The rocket is carrying a pair of communications payloads for Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite.
SES satellites could be first to launch from Texas spaceport
Two communications satellites owned by SES are booked to fly into orbit — possibly from South Texas — on a pair of Falcon 9 rockets in 2017, giving SpaceX two payloads that could be assigned to launch from the new commercial spaceport, officials said Wednesday.