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Fourth satellite for Inmarsat’s global broadband network launched by SpaceX

May 16, 2017 Stephen Clark

A Boeing-built satellite on the way to join Inmarsat’s globe-spanning network geared to beam Internet and data transmission capacity to airline passengers, maritime crews and military personnel flew into orbit Monday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard an expendable Falcon 9 rocket.

Video: Press site view of Falcon 9’s Monday evening takeoff

May 16, 2017 Stephen Clark

Check out a replay of Monday evening’s launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this video recorded from the Launch Complex 39 Press Site around three miles from the pad.

Watch a replay of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch with Inmarsat 5 F4

May 16, 2017 Stephen Clark

Miss Monday night’s launch from Kennedy Space Center? Watch a replay of the Falcon 9 rocket taking off with the Inmarsat 5 F4 communications satellite, a heavyweight spacecraft designed to link airliners, ships and others on-the-go via broadband.

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket, fourth Inmarsat 5-series satellite prepared for launch

May 15, 2017 Stephen Clark

Engineers from SpaceX, Boeing and Inmarsat spent the last few weeks preparing a Falcon 9 rocket and the Inmarsat 5 F4 communications satellite for liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Live coverage: SpaceX succeeds in commercial satellite launch

May 15, 2017 Stephen Clark

A Boeing-built communications satellite lifted off at 7:21 p.m. EDT (2321 GMT) Monday on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft will add to Inmarsat’s Global Xpress network linking airplanes, ships and other mobile terminals with broadband Internet and data services.

Falcon 9 launch timeline with Inmarsat 5 F4

May 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral early Thursday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Inmarsat 5 F4 communications satellite into orbit 32 minutes later.

Falcon 9 set to launch Inmarsat satellite for in-flight wifi, mobile broadband

May 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket arrived at launch pad 39A on Florida’s Space Coast on Sunday, a day before liftoff with a powerhouse Inmarsat communications satellite designed to spread broadband beams connecting airline passengers, maritime crews and U.S. and international military units with Internet and data services.

After static fire, Falcon 9 prepares to meet Inmarsat payload

May 11, 2017 Stephen Clark

Ten days after the last liftoff from historic launch pad 39A in Florida, another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignited its Merlin main engines for several seconds in a hold-down firing Thursday ahead of a planned expendable flight next week with an Inmarsat communications satellite.

Video: Falcon 9 hot fire

May 11, 2017 Justin Ray

The SpaceX launch team fired the Falcon 9 main engines at pad 39A today as a readiness test for next week’s Inmarsat satellite deployment flight.

Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket set for launch Monday

May 11, 2017 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set for launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday with a mobile broadband communications satellite for Inmarsat.