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Falcon 9 launch timeline with the GPS 3 SV01 navigation satellite

December 18, 2018

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday carrying the U.S. Air Force’s first GPS 3-series navigation satellite destined for an orbit more than 12,000 miles above Earth.

Live coverage: SpaceX scrubs GPS satellite launch

December 18, 2018

SpaceX called a halt to a Falcon 9 countdown Tuesday after an unexpected sensor reading on the rocket’s first stage triggered an automatic abort. The Falcon 9 rocket is set to try to launch again from Cape Canaveral at 9:07 a.m. EST (1407 GMT) Wednesday with the first in an upgraded line of U.S. Air Force GPS navigation satellites.

Air Force requirements will keep SpaceX from landing Falcon 9 booster after GPS launch

December 17, 2018

The demands of launching the first in an upgraded line of U.S. Air Force GPS navigation satellites, including a late load of extra fuel for the spacecraft and a military policy of reserving fuel to eliminate space junk, will keep SpaceX from recovering the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket following liftoff Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, according to mission managers.

SpaceX makes another space station cargo delivery

December 10, 2018

A commercial supply ship owned and operated by SpaceX arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, delivering a pair of NASA experiments to demonstrate satellite refueling techniques and monitor changes in Earth’s forests, along with a special holiday menu of turkey, candied yams, cranberry sauce and shortbread cookies.

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg on SSO-A rideshare mission

December 6, 2018

The first of two launches by SpaceX this week lifted off Monday, Dec. 3, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying 64 microsatellites and CubeSats to an orbit more than 350 miles (575 kilometers) above Earth.

SpaceX Falcon 9 boosts Dragon cargo ship to orbit, first stage misses landing target

December 5, 2018

Two days after a successful launch from California, SpaceX fired off another Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Wednesday, this one carrying a Dragon cargo ship loaded with 5,660 pounds of equipment and supplies bound for the International Space Station.

Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 16th resupply launch to the space station

December 5, 2018

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in less than 10 minutes Wednesday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 5,600 pounds of supplies and experiments.

Video: Pre-launch briefings for SpaceX’s next space station resupply mission

December 5, 2018

Two panels of managers and scientists presented details of SpaceX’s 16th operational resupply flight to the International Space Station on the eve of its launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral.

Photos: Falcon 9 poised for launch at pad 40

December 5, 2018

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was poised for launch Wednesday at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad carrying more than 5,600 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station.

Live coverage: SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft arrives at space station

December 5, 2018

Three days after launching from Cape Canaveral, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft has arrived at the International Space Station with around 5,600 pounds of supplies and experiments. The automated, unpiloted supply ship was snared by the station’s robotic arm at 7:21 a.m. EST (1221 GMT) Saturday.