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SpaceX notches 15th Falcon 9 launch in 2017 with SES-11 mission

SpaceX notches 15th Falcon 9 launch in 2017 with SES-11 mission

SpaceX launches the SES-11/EchoStar-105 satellite. Photo Credit: Vikash Mahadeo / SpaceFlight Insider

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Hot on the heels of a Falcon 9 launch on the West Coast, SpaceX sent its 15th rocket into space in 2017. The SES-11/EchoStar-105 mission came less than 60 hours after the NewSpace company sent 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into orbit. Liftoff occurred at 6:53 p.m. EDT…

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SpaceX to launch SES-11 satellite Wednesday

SpaceX to launch SES-11 satellite Wednesday

The SES-11 communications spacecraft undergoes testing. Photo Credit: SES

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Less than 60 hours after a Falcon 9 rocket launched 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into space from the West Coast, on the other side of the continent SpaceX is set to send the SES-11 spacecraft into orbit for a scheduled liftoff at 6:53 p.m. EDT (22:53 GMT) Oct. 11, 2017, from Launch Complex 39A. (m…

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SpaceX realigns next Falcon 9 missions

SpaceX realigns next Falcon 9 missions

SpaceX performs a static fire test on Oct. 2, 2017, on the rocket that will take the SES-11 satellite into space from Florida. On Oct. 5, the company performed a similar test on a Falcon 9 at its West Coast launch pad to support the Iridium-3 mission. Photo Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX has completed a static fire test on a Falcon 9rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket will send…

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