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Ten years ago today, we achieved our first successful launch—time flies when you’re having fun!
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A model of the first privately developed liquid fuel rocket to achieve orbit—right next to the first rocket booster to successfully land on land after an orbital class mission.
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Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete–targeting October 6 launch of SAOCOM 1A from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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Now targeting October 7 for launch of SAOCOM 1A. Rocket and payload are healthy; additional time will be used to complete pre-flight vehicle checkouts.
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Falcon 9 and SAOCOM 1A are vertical on SpaceX's launch pad at Vandenberg AFB. Following today’s launch at 7:21 p.m. PDT, SpaceX will attempt to land Falcon 9's first stage on Landing Zone 4. Webcast starts ~15 minutes before liftoff → spacex.com/webcast
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T-60 minutes until Falcon 9 launch of SAOCOM 1A. Launch webcast will go live about 15 minutes before liftoff → spacex.com/webcast
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Webcast of Falcon 9 launch is now live → spacex.com/webcast
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T-60 seconds until launch → spacex.com/webcast
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Main engine cutoff and stage separation confirmed. Second stage engine burn underway.
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First stage entry burn complete. Second stage continuing nominally to low Earth orbit.
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Falcon 9 has landed – first West Coast land landing of an orbital class rocket booster.
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Successful deployment of SAOCOM 1A to low Earth orbit confirmed.
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Falcon 9 on Landing Zone 4 after delivering SAOCOM 1A to low Earth orbit, marking the 30th successful landing of a rocket booster.
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Falcon 9's first West Coast land landing
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More photos from last night’s Falcon 9 launch and first stage landing → flickr.com/spacex
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Video recap of last night’s launch and landing
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The team at our rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas completed a static fire test last night of the Falcon 9 booster that will launch SpaceX’s first demonstration mission for @NASA’s Commercial Crew Program – one step closer to flying astronauts to the @Space_Station!
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Starman’s current location. Next stop, the restaurant at the end of the universe.
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Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting November 15 launch of Es’hail-2 from Pad 39A in Florida.
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