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Falcon 9

Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket blasts off with Merah Putih satellite

August 9, 2018 Stephen Clark

A Falcon 9 rocket booster which first flew in May took off for the second time Tuesday from Cape Canaveral carrying the Indonesian Merah Putih communications satellite.

Mission Reports

Indonesian communications satellite deployed in orbit by SpaceX

August 7, 2018 Stephen Clark

Keeping up a run of middle-of-the-night launches from Cape Canaveral, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket powered by a recycled first stage booster climbed into orbit early Tuesday with the Indonesian Merah Putih communications satellite.

Falcon 9

Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral

August 6, 2018 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, flying with a first stage booster that was previously launched and recovered in May, lifted from Cape Canaveral at 1:18 a.m. EDT (0518 GMT) Tuesday with Indonesia’s Merah Putih communications satellite. The first stage accomplished a pinpoint landing on SpaceX’s drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Falcon 9

SpaceX set to re-fly first Falcon 9 Block 5 booster Tuesday

August 5, 2018 Stephen Clark

Forecasters expect good weather on Florida’s Space Coast for liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket early Tuesday with an Indonesian communications satellite.

Falcon 9

SpaceX conducts hotfire test for another middle-of-the-night launch

August 2, 2018 Stephen Clark

Gearing up for the third Falcon 9 launch in less than two-and-a-half weeks, SpaceX fired up a rocket booster at Cape Canaveral on Thursday ahead of an early morning launch Tuesday with an Indonesian communications satellite.

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