SpaceX Completes Falcon 9 Static Fire Test for GPS Launch – 2nd in 16 Hours with 2 Falcons on 2 Launch Pads as Starlink Sats Awaits Liftoff: Photos

SpaceX conducts successful static fire test of Falcon 9 first stage engines at 1O a.m.   EDT on June 25 with exhaust spewing out from the flame trench at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for GPS III Space Vehicle 03 mission targeted for launch June 30, 2020 at 3:55 p.m. ET – as seen from the Indian River, Titusville.  Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com 

25 Jun 2020

Ken Kremer - - For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM

TITUSVILLE, FL –  In a remarkable sign of their swiftly increasing launch cadence SpaceX engineers carried out another hot fire engine test this morning, Thursday, Jun 25, for next week’s GPS III Space Vehicle 03 navigation satellite launch – and it comes as the second in just under 16 hours on the heels of after another test fire yesterday using 2 different Falcon 9 rockets at 2 nearby launch pads for 2 different missions on Florida’s Space Coast – and its all as the their next batch of Starlink internet comsats await liftoff Friday afternoon, June 26.

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