Intelsat 35e (Falcon 9) 5 July 2017 |
Space Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center |
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Intelsat 35e, a commercial communications satellite, to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit at 7:38 p.m. on 5 July 2017 from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Manufactured by Boeing and equipped with an advanced digital payload, Intelsat 35e will deliver high performance services in C- and Ku-band for wireless infrastructure, mobility, broadband, government and media customers in the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe and Africa. The photos below include not only the launch, but the two previous launch attempts that resulted in scrubs. |
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FIRST SCRUB - 2 July 2017 |
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SECOND SCRUB - 3 July 2017 |
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A surveillance helicopter from Patrick Air Force Base silhouetted against the storm clouds. |
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Panoramas of the storm moving through the area that delayed the launch attempt until the end of the launch window. |
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LAUNCH - 5 July 2017 | |
The rocket streaks to orbit in this time exposure. |
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A more conventional view of the liftoff. The images below show the rocket climbing to orbit through to first stage main engine cutoff. |
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