Tag: Orbcomm 2

Update: SpaceX Shifts Launch to Monday to Maximize Landing Chances

Update: SpaceX Shifts Launch to Monday to Maximize Landing Chances

SpaceX has shifted tonight’s Orbcomm-2 flight back a day until Monday, apparently for a couple of reasons. Update from Elon Musk: Just reviewed mission params w SpaceX team. Monte Carlo runs show tmrw night has a 10% higher chance of a good landing. Punting 24 hrs. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 20, 2015 and the […]

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SpaceX Launches AsiaSat 8 Only 22 Days After Last Mission

SpaceX Launches AsiaSat 8 Only 22 Days After Last Mission

Image credit: SpaceX Beginning the first of a series of closely packed launches to round out the second half of 2014, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 4:00 am EDT this morning, carrying the AsiaSat 8 comsat to geostationary transfer orbit. For a while it looked like this launch might […]

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