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Scott PowersMarch 4, 2016

The fifth try was a charm. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Friday evening carrying an SES communications satellite to orbit, where it will provide commercial services to southern Asia. The launch, at 6:35 p.m., came on the fifth launch date SpaceX set in the past week and […]

Scott PowersFebruary 23, 2016

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SpaceX is hoping for weather to hold out at Cape Canaveral long enough Wednesday to finally launch a Falcon 9 rocket to carry an SES communications satellite into orbit. Launch time, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, is set for 6:46 pm, almost a half-hour after sunset. The mission would take the SES-9 satellite, originally […]

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Tag: SES-9 satellite

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral with communications satellite

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch set for early evening Wednesday