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SpaceX fires Falcon 9 booster on pad 39A, aims for comsat launch Thursday


SpaceX fires Falcon 9 booster on pad 39A, aims for comsat launch Thursday SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket Monday night at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, clearing the way for a launch Thursday with Qatar’s Es’hail 2 communications satellite, the first daytime liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast in more than six months. The rocket’s nine Merlin 1D first stage engines ignited at 8:30 p.m. EST Monday (0130 GMT Tuesday) and fired for several seconds as hold-down restraints kept the Falcon 9 grounded at pad 39A, the historic former starting point for numerous space shuttle launches and Saturn 5 moonshots.   More



(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 13)

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