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Webcast Replay: SpaceX Launches Formosat-5 Satellite, Lands Rocket
By SPACE.com Staff | August 24, 2017 03:04pm ET
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the Formosat-5 Earth-observing satellite for Taiwan's National Space Organization today (Aug. 24) at 2:51 p.m. EDT (1851 GMT). About 11 minutes after launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage return to Earth and landed on the drone ship "Just Read the Instructions" in the Pacific Ocean. Read our full story and video recap.
From SpaceX:
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver FORMOSAT-5, an Earth observation satellite for Taiwan’s National Space Organization (NSPO), to a low-Earth orbit (LEO). SpaceX is targeting launch of FORMOSAT-5 from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
The 42-minute launch window opens on Thursday, August 24 at 11:51 a.m. PDT, or 18:51 UTC. The satellite will be deployed approximately 11 minutes after launch.
A backup launch window opens on Friday, August 25 at 11:51 a.m. PDT, or 18:51 UTC.
More:
https://www.space.com/17933-nasa-television-webcasts-live-space-tv.html?utm_source=notification
