Tag: Just Read The Instructions
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SpaceX completes Iriduim-3 launch
This morning SpaceX completed the third of their Iridium Next launches delivery another ten satellites to orbit. As with the previous Iridium launches the rocket lifted off from SpaceX’s Vandenburg launch site at 8:37 am EDT. Once in orbit, the ten satellites were delivered to their destinations successfully. After separation, the first stage of the…
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SpaceX launches Formosat 5
SpaceX completed another launch today with the deployment of the Formosat 5 satellite following an on-time launch from Vandenburg. Following separation of the first stage, the booster returned to land on the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship “Just Read the Instructions” in the Pacific ocean. This was the 12th launch for SpaceX this year and 9th landing.…
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SpaceX launches second set of Iridium® NEXT satellites
In the second launch in two days SpaceX successfully deployed ten more Iridium® NEXT satellites. The Falcon 9 booster lifted off from Vandenberg, CA carrying the ten satellites at 4:25 PM EDT and 57 minutes later started deploying the individual satellites. The first stage landed back on the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship “Just Read The…