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Author	Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9/Inmarsat-5 F4 from Pad 39A
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 05-15-2017 11:27 AM SpaceX to launch Inmarsat-5 F4 SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will deliver the Inmarsat-5 F4 commercial communications satellite to a geostationary transfer orbit. SpaceX is targeting the launch of Inmarsat-5 F4 from Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida. A 51-minute window opens on Monday, May 15, at 7:20 p.m. EDT (23:20 GMT). A backup launch window opens on Tuesday, May 16 at the same time. Inmarsat-5 F4 is the fourth satellite in the Global Xpress constellation; the first globally available, high-speed, mobile broadband service. SpaceX will not attempt to land Falcon 9's first stage after launch due to mission requirements.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 05-15-2017 06:32 PM Liftoff of the Falcon 9, as scheduled, at 7:20 p.m. EDT. From SpaceX on Twitter: Second stage engine has cutoff as planned. Second stage and satellite now in coast phase. Successful deployment of Inmarsat-5 Flight 4 to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit confirmed.

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