2 soon to launch SpaceX rockets stand simultaneous erect at Florida’s Spaceport: Falcon Heavy at pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at left and Falcon 9 booster carrying SES-16/GovSat-1 at pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at right post Jan. 26, 2018 static fire test. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com — 26 Jan 2018 MERRITT ISLAND NATIONAL
Debut SpaceX Falcon Heavy ignites 27 first stage engines during first ever static fire test generating 5 million pounds of thrust and an enormous exhaust plume on Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida – as seen on Jan. 24 2018 from Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Debut liftoff slated for early February 2018. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com
Long exposure streak shot of a ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the SBIRS GEO Flight 4 missile tracking surveillance satellite for the U.S. Air Force after lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex-41 at 7:48 p.m. EST, Jan. 19, 2018. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com Ken Kremer — Space UpClose — 20 Jan 2018 CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION,
The ULA Atlas V rocket launched the U.S. Air Force SBIRS GEO Flight 4 mission on Jan. 19, 2018 from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., and successfully delivered the infrared missile tracking satellite to orbit. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com — 20 Jan 2018 CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL – An Atlas
Nighttime view of ULA Atlas V rocket poised for liftoff carrying the SBIRS GEO Flight 4 mission to geosynchronous orbit for the U.S. Air Force from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Jan. 18, 2018. Launch reset for Jan. 19, 2018. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com — 19 Jan 2018 CAPE CANAVERAL AIR
ULA Atlas V at Sunset at pad 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla that will deliver SBIRS GEO Flight 4 to geosynchronous orbit for the USAF on Jan. 18, 2018. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com — 17 Jan 2018 CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL – A U.S. Air Force satellite that will provide vital early
MERRITT ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REGUGE/PLAYALINDA BEACH, FL – The ULA Atlas V and SpaceX Falcon Heavy rockets simultaneously stood vertical together for the first time ever today, Jan. 17 – at adjacent launch pads on Florida’s Spaceport – after the hazy day Atlas V rollout to pad 41 in preparation of its launch tomorrow evening, Thursday, Jan. 18, as the Falcon Heavy awaits its critical