In the final seconds of the countdown, the flight computer of the Falcon 9 aborted the launch at T-10 seconds. The SpaceX team is assessing the data from the countdown and will hopefully find the issue that caused the abort and are planning on a 24-hour recycle. The next launch window opens tomorrow, July 3rd at 7:37pm EDT from Historic Launch Complex 39a.
Edit: Guidance Issue aborted the launch, The Falcon 9 and Satellite are both healthy.
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Sunday, May 14, 2017
SpaceX expendable Inmarsat 5 launch
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| Official SpaceX patch |
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| Falcon 9 being rolled out to the pad. Credit // Inmarsat |
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Monday, April 3, 2017
SpaceX is revolutionizing spaceflight
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| SpaceX LLC Ryan Bale // Spaceflight News |
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| Elon Musk and Martin Halliwell at the Post-launch conference Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images |
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| SES-10 launched from LC-39a Credit // SpaceX |
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
SpaceX to fly a reused first stage this week
| Launch of CRS-8 from VAB roof Ryan Bale // Spaceflight News |
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| CRS-8 booster in Port Canaveral after the first successful landing at sea. Ryan Bale // Spaceflight News |
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Another attempt to launch EchoStar XXIII tomorrow morning
SpaceX will be doing their second attempt of launching EchoStar XXIII tomorrow morning at 1:34am EDT from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Tuesday's launch attempt was scrubbed early due to higher than forecasted winds that were unfavourable to launch in. Tomorrow's launch will be an expendable launch in which the first stage will not be landed and will fall into the ocean like a usual rocket does. You can watch the launch on SpaceX's website at http://www.spacex.com/webcast.
Monday, March 13, 2017
EchoStar XXIII poised to launch on Falcon 9 tonight
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| Photo by: Walter Scriptunas II |
Monday, February 27, 2017
SpaceX returning humans to the Moon next year
Sunday, February 19, 2017
New era of launches begin at historic pad
Today, February 19th, the Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched from the historic Launch Complex 39a and delivered the Dragon spacecraft into orbit and landed the first stage back to Cape Canaveral. LC-39a is a launch pad that previously launched man to the Moon on Apollo 11 and held missions of the Space Shuttle including the last launch of STS-135. With clouds covering a lot of the Kennedy Space Center, the Falcon 9 lifted off at 9:38am EST and disappeared into the clouds, then landed back at Landing Zone 1 about 8 minutes later.
High quality photos can be found here on SpaceX's Flickr.
High quality photos can be found here on SpaceX's Flickr.
Saturday, February 18, 2017
Another attempt to launch CRS-10 tomorrow morning
This morning, SpaceX had begun fueling their Falcon 9 rocket in preparation to launch supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. Early in the count, there was a slight issue with the second stage's TVC (Thrust Vector Control) system that helps "steer" the rocket in the vacuum of space. SpaceX continued moving forward with the launch and called a "hold hold hold" at T-13 second to launch to not risk anything going wrong with the second stage during flight. The next launch opportunity to the ISS is tomorrow (Sunday) morning at 9:38am EST.SpaceX will launch from Historic pad this morning
Later this morning at 10:01 am EST, SpaceX's Falcon 9 will lift off from the historic Launch Complex 39a carrying CRS-10 for NASA to resupply the International Space Station. Dragon is carrying up many hundreds of experiments and supplies for the astronauts including SAGE III and live mice. SAGE III is an experiment that will be mounted on the ISS and with its unique position over the Earth allows for long-term measurements of aerosols, ozone, water vapor, and many other gasses in the atmosphere. A Helium leak was found in the Falcon 9's second stage during the day yesterday in the second stage's spin system that has been resolved and Elon Musk tweeted, "Looks like we are go for launch. Added an abort trigger at T-60 secs for pressure decay of upper stage helium spin start system." After launch, the first stage will perform the 3rd first stage landing back at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base at Landing Zone 1 and will be the first daytime land landing. The Dragon being launched on this mission is the last produced Dragon and they will be reused for the first time on CRS-11.
You can view the launch live on the following SpaceX streams:
Hosted Webcast (Commentary, info on launch and vehicle)
Technical Webcast (Various Camera angles, Control room audio)
You can view the launch live on the following SpaceX streams:
Hosted Webcast (Commentary, info on launch and vehicle)
Technical Webcast (Various Camera angles, Control room audio)
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