SpaceX Delivers Luxembourg’s GovSat 1 Into Orbit

Credit: SpaceX
CAPE CANAVERAL—A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared off its seaside launch pad here on Jan. 31 to put a communications satellite into orbit for SES and the government of Luxembourg. The rocket’s nine Merlin 1D engines ignited at 4:25 p.m. EST, catapulting the 229-ft. (70-m) booster out over the Atlantic...
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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