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Static fire test complete — targeting December 5 for Falcon 9 launch of Dragon’s 21st resupply mission to the @Space_Station; team is keeping an eye on weather conditions as the forecast is currently 40% favorable for liftoff
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Successful deployment of 10 @IridiumComm NEXT satellites to low-Earth orbit confirmed.
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Meet the astronauts flying aboard Dragon
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Falcon 9 launches SES-18 and SES-19 to orbit
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Video of Dragon’s Draco engines firing as the spacecraft departed the @Space_Station yesterday. Still on track for splashdown off the coast of Florida today at ~2:47 p.m. ET
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Targeting Saturday, July 11 at 10:54 a.m. EDT for Falcon 9 launch of 57 Starlink satellites and 2 BlackSky spacecraft, a @SpaceflightInc customer
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Targeting Tuesday, June 29 for launch of Transporter-2. This mission will launch 88 spacecraft to orbit and more customer mass than SpaceX’s previous dedicated rideshare mission
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Targeting Saturday, May 15 at 6:54 p.m. EDT for launch of the next Starlink mission from Florida; team is keeping an eye on recovery weather conditions spacex.com/launches
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Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon went vertical and the crew access arm was extended last night ahead of tomorrow’s in-flight demonstration of the spacecraft’s launch escape system. The four-hour launch window opens at 8:00 a.m. EST, 13:00 UTC → spacex.com/webcast
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Starlink is now operating in two of the most remote areas in the world: Pitcairn Island and Easter Island, both of which are thousands of miles away from the nearest continent
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T-60 seconds until launch → spacex.com/webcast
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Falcon 9 launches to orbit 56 Starlink satellites—weighing in total more than 17.4 metric tons—marking the heaviest payload ever flown on Falcon
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Deployment of 3 Starlink satellites confirmed
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Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, completing this orbital rocket booster’s 7th flight
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Targeting January 6 at 4:49 p.m. EST for Falcon 9’s launch of 49 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from LC-39A in Florida
1469
Falcon Heavy center core booster completed a static fire test at our rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas ahead of its next mission → spacex.com/stp-2
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Dragon is on its way to the International Space Station. Capture by @Space_Station crew set for Wednesday morning.
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Standing down from the Starlink mission, due to tropical storm Arthur, until after launch of Crew Demo-2
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Once their stay is complete, @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug will depart the @Space_Station on Crew Dragon, which will autonomously undock from the orbiting lab and splashdown off Florida’s Atlantic Coast ~6 hours later
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Crew access arm retracts from Dragon and Falcon 9
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Falcon 9’s first stage booster has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship
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