Falcon 9 cleared for Dual-Payload Mission, First Stage Landing Attempt

June 14, 2016January 29, 2017 Patrick Blau 4224 Views ABS, ABS 3A, Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, Cape Canaveral, Eutelsat, Eutelsat 117 West B

SpaceX cleared their Falcon 9 for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday to deliver a pair of communications satellites to Geostationary Transfer Orbit, marking Falcon’s third GTO mission in a row and the third launch in a period of under six weeks.

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Falcon 9 checks off Static Fire for third GEO Satellite Launch in a Row

June 13, 2016January 28, 2017 Patrick Blau 3178 Views ABS, ABS 3A, Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, Cape Canaveral, Eutelsat, Eutelsat 117 West B

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket hot fired its engines on Sunday to set up for the vehicle’s third commercial communications satellite launch in the space of just under six weeks.