SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

Written By Ashish Pokhriyal

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

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The Falcon 9 rocket will launch Eutelsat’s Hotbird 13F geostationary communications satellites.

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The mission will mark the 100th launch by SpaceX from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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SpaceX delayed the launch time Friday night to the end of the launch window to allow additional time for data review.

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The company did not elaborate on the reason for the data review.

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The launch Friday night will be the fourth flight of a Falcon 9 rocket this month.

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Following three Falcon 9 launches in as many days last week.

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