SpaceX launches from Florida, retires first-stage booster because of extra power needed

SpaceX launches from Florida, retires first-stage booster because of extra power needed

Space Daily

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Washington DC (UPI) Jan 29, 2025

SpaceX on Wednesday night launched a Spanish communications satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and retired the first-stage booster rather than landing on a droneship. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 8:34 p.m. EST from pad 39A. The first-stage cutoff was at 2:40 and the satellite deployed at 31:24 and was to be 2,236 miles above Earth, according to Space.com. Because th

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