MIAMI: SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday (Oct 30) carrying a South Korean communications satellite to boost broadband coverage for southeast Asia and the Middle East, and stuck its 19th rocket landing in two years. The tall, white rocket roared into the blue sky over Cape Canaveral, Florida…
MIAMI: SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday (Oct 30) carrying a South Korean communications satellite to boost broadband coverage for southeast Asia and the Middle East, and stuck its 19th rocket landing in two years.
The tall, white rocket roared into the blue sky over Cape Canaveral, Florida at 3.34pm (3.34am Singapore time Tuesday), propelling Koreasat-5A toward a geostationary orbit some 36,000 kilometres from Earth.
The satellite is designed to replace an earlier version, called Koreasat 5, which launched in 2006. The satellite was successfully deployed, SpaceX confirmed about 45 minutes after lauch.
