SpaceX launched its fortieth Falcon 9 Thursday, carrying the Formosat-5 spacecraft for the Taiwan’s National Space Organisation and the Republic of China’s National Space Organisation. The launch, which included a successful landing of the first stage aboard the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, occurred at the start of a 44-minute window that opened at 11:50 local time (18:50 UTC) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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by Ian AtkinsonSpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket conducted its Static Fire test on Tuesday, ahead of is…
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SpaceX has static fired its Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base SLC-4E ahead…
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SpaceX has launched with the debuting of an upgraded payload fairing for the Falcon 9…
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SpaceX conducted its final launch of 2017 Friday, with a Falcon 9 lifting off from…
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