Wednesday, June 21, 2017

SpaceX double-header: Launches on Friday, June 23rd and Sunday June 25th

SpaceX will attempt two launches within 48 hours this weekend.  One launch from each coast.

Friday's launch will be at 2:10 PM EDT from historic pad LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  The launch will put the BulgariaSat 1 satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit.  The satellite will provide television and data services in Europe.  This will be the first geostationary communications satellite owned by a Bulgarian company.   The Falcon 9 will use a previously flown booster.

Sunday's launch will be at 1:25 PM PDT from pad SLC-4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.  The launch will be the second for the Iridium Next mobile communications satellite fleet.  A Falcon 9 rocket will launch 10 more satellites (11 through 20) for the fleet.  The first 10 satellites were, coincidently, launched in January on the same booster being re-flown on Friday's BulgariaSat 1 mission!



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