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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch Set For Thursday From Kennedy Space Center

By  //  November 14, 2018

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launch window opens at 3:46 p.m. ET

SpaceX is set to launch the Es’hail 2 communications satellite aboard a Falcon 9 rocket Thursday afternoon from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. (SpaceX Image)

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – SpaceX is set to launch the Es’hail 2 communications satellite aboard a Falcon 9 rocket Thursday afternoon from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

Launch window opens at 3:46 p.m. ET.

According to SpaceFlight Now, built by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and owned by Qatar’s national satellite communications company Es’hailSat, Es’hail 2 will provide television broadcasts, broadband connectivity and government services to Qatar and neighboring parts of the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.

Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV.

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