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SpaceX retrieves Falcon Heavy fairings from sea for reuse on future launch
SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk said Thursday that the company's recovery fleet in the Atlantic Ocean recovered the two halves of the Falcon Heavy's payload shroud after the heavy-lifter's second launch from the Kennedy Space Center. Musk said the company plans to reuse the fairing for the first time later this year.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket fires into orbit with Paz, Starlink satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Feb. 22 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with the Spanish Paz radar observation satellite and two prototypes for a planned broadband Internet network.
Recycled SpaceX rocket boosts Paz radar satellite, first Starlink testbeds into orbit
Launching with a Spanish radar observation craft and the first two experimental satellites for SpaceX's planned global broadband network, a Falcon 9 rocket fired away from California's Central Coast shortly before sunrise Thursday after several days of delays.
Photos: Falcon 9 on the eve of launch from Vandenberg
SpaceX crews at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California rolled out a Falcon 9 rocket and lifted it vertical atop its launch pad ahead of a planned blastoff Wednesday with a Spanish radar observation satellite and two test probes for a planned global broadband Internet network.
Test satellites for SpaceX’s broadband ‘megaconstellation’ set for launch
SpaceX is set to launch two prototype probes Wednesday to begin testing spacecraft and antenna technology the company hopes will eventually power a network of thousands of satellites blanketing planet Earth with broadband Internet coverage.
Falcon 9 launch timeline with Paz
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket's ascent to orbit with the Paz Earth observation payload for Hisdesat, operator of Spain's governmental satellites.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with three satellites
Running several days late after a series of technical and weather delays, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:17 a.m. PST (9:17 a.m. EST; 1417 GMT) with the Spanish-owned Paz radar observation satellite and two prototype payloads for SpaceX's planned Starlink broadband satellite network.