American company SpaceX third attempt has launched from Cape Canaveral commercial telecommunications satellite SES 8. The satellite was launched into orbit by Falcon 9 vehicles, reports Fox News.
Originallysatellite launch scheduled for November 25, and then it was moved to November 28, but both times the start was postponed due to technical problems. SES 8 became the first commercial satellite launched SpaceX. Satellite should provide satellite communications services and broadcasting to several countries in South Asia and the Asia-Pacific region.
EarlierSpaceX, which belongs to the engineer and billionaire Ilona mask, held 6 The launch of the Falcon 9. The company already has on hand a contract with NASA’s $ 1.6 billion for 12 cargo delivery missions to the ISS (2 missions have been completed, were on board space modules Dragon, which was developed by NASA in conjunction with specifically for this purpose).
December 4, 2013
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