WATCH REPLAY: SpaceX Successfully Launches First Rocket of 2019 From Cape Canaveral

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WATCH REPLAY: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches First Rocket of 2019 From Cape Canaveral. CLICK HERE TO WATCH

BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – SpaceX successfully launched the Nusantara Satu satellite Thursday night from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The 32-minute launch window opened at 8:45 p.m. EST, or 1:45 UTC on February 22. Falcon 9 also delivered the Beresheet lunar spacecraft and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) S5 spacecraft to orbit.

Deployments occured at approximately 33 and 44 minutes after liftoff.

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Falcon 9’s first stage for the Nusantara Satu mission previously supported the Iridium-7 mission in July 2018 and the SAOCOM 1A mission in October 2018.

Following stage separation, SpaceX will attempt to land Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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