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Falcon 9

Photos: Falcon 9 rockets into dusky sky

April 28, 2015 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral on Monday after a 49-minute weather hold to wait for clouds to thin out overhead. The rocket finally lifted off into an overcast sky with a communications satellite built for Turkmenistan.

Falcon 9

Falcon 9 rocket powers into space with satellite for Turkmenistan

April 28, 2015 Stephen Clark

A communications satellite for Turkmenistan soared into orbit Monday, climbing through gloomy skies over Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to give the Central Asian nation its first foothold in space.

Falcon 9

Turkmenistan’s first satellite braced for liftoff

April 27, 2015 Stephen Clark

SpaceX ground crews transferred a Falcon 9 rocket to its seaside launch mount at Cape Canaveral on Sunday evening in preparation for liftoff Monday with Turkmenistan’s first satellite.

Falcon 9

Live coverage: SpaceX launches its fifth Falcon 9 flight of the year

April 27, 2015 Stephen Clark

Turkmenistan’s first satellite has blasted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida after a weather delay. Liftoff occurred at 7:03 p.m. EDT (2303 GMT).

Falcon 9

Clouds in the forecast for Monday’s Falcon 9 launch

April 25, 2015 Stephen Clark

Forecasters will be watching clouds and rain showers during the countdown before Monday’s launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Turkmenistan’s first communications satellite.

Falcon 9

No time wasted in SpaceX’s rapid-fire launch campaign

April 16, 2015 Stephen Clark

Hours after launching a batch of cargo and provisions to the International Space Station on Tuesday, SpaceX ground teams wheeled another Falcon 9 rocket into the hangar at Cape Canaveral for a commercial satellite launch set for April 27.

Falcon 9

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket awaits launch from Florida

April 13, 2015 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s 20-story Falcon 9 rocket counts down to launch from Cape Canaveral on Monday with 2.2 tons of gear and experiments for the International Space Station.

Falcon 9

SpaceX cargo launch now set for April 13

March 31, 2015 Stephen Clark

The launch of SpaceX’s next resupply run to the International Space Station has been rescheduled for April 13, officials said Tuesday.

Falcon 9

SpaceX swaps order of next two Falcon 9 launches

March 21, 2015 Stephen Clark

Confronted with pesky problems in the Falcon 9 rocket’s helium pressurization system, SpaceX has shuffled the order of the next two launches, choosing to go ahead with the liftoff of a Dragon supply ship on a cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station around April 10.

Falcon 9

SpaceX puts off next Falcon 9 launch

March 17, 2015 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s next launch with a European-built communications satellite has been delayed to no earlier than March 28 to study a problem with a helium pressurization system on the Falcon 9 rocket, officials said Tuesday.

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