Launch Complex 40 Back In Service

Credit: Launch Complex 40: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL—With a successful static test fire for SpaceX’s 17th mission of the year, Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex (LC) 40 returned to service on Dec. 6 after a 14-month repair and refurbishment following an explosion on the pad. LC40 hosted all of the Falcon 9 equatorial missions, from the...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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