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2020-12-14 Science & Technology

SpaceX launches satellite for SiriusXM from Florida

[UPI] SpaceX launched a radio communications satellite for SiriusXM from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday afternoon amid blue skids and puffy clouds, two days after scrubbing the flight with 30 seconds until liftoff.

SpaceX had originally targeted the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket for 11:22 a.m. Sunday but pushed it back until 12:30 p.m., which was "optimized for launch and recovery," the company posted on Twitter.

There was a window of one hour and 59 minutes. And the weather had improved to 80 percent "favorable," SpaceX tweeted.

The company didn't say what caused the halt Friday, which occurred before the rocket was to lift off at 12:55 p.m. EST from Complex 40.

Posted by Fred 2020-12-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 After a six-year pause, Russia has resumed flight tests of its next-generation Angara rocket with a demonstration mission from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Monday. The Angara-5 vehicle lifted off at 08:50 Moscow Time (05:50 UTC), carrying an inert payload bound for a near-geosynchronous orbit.

(Lead photo via Roscosmos)

Monday’s launch marked the third flight of the Angara rocket, the second test of the heaviest configuration, Angara-5, and the type’s first flight since December 2014. The mission, which continues work to certify Angara to carry national security payloads, had already been delayed by several years due to manufacturing and quality control issues.

Posted by 3dc 2020-12-14 03:24|| 2020-12-14 03:24|| Front Page Top

#2 So the last time Angara flew SpaceX had not even attempted to land a booster.

Posted by 3dc 2020-12-14 03:25|| 2020-12-14 03:25|| Front Page Top

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