Wednesday, April 29, 2020

SpaceX Completes Static Fire Test for Next Starlink Launch Targeting April 23: Photos


SpaceX conducts successful static fire test of Falcon 9 first stage engines at 12 Noon  EDT on April 17 with exhaust spewing out from the flame trench at Launch Complex-39A on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for 7th Starlink mission targeted for launch April 23, 2020 at 3:16 p.m. ET – as seen from the Indian River, Titusville.  Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
18 April 2020

Ken Kremer - - For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM

TITUSVILLE, FL - SpaceX engineers finally completed a successful lunchtime static fire test of the Falcon 9 first stage engines on Friday, April 17  for the upcoming seventh Starlink launch of broadband internet satellites now targeting Thursday from the Florida Space Coast – amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has forced closures of public places, schools and travel hubs all across the US and the world - but not forced a rocket cancellation for this mission. 

https://www.spaceupclose.com/2020/04/spacex-completes-static-fire-test-for-next-starlink-launch-targeting-april-23-photos/

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