Tuesday, February 13, 2018

SpaceX Plans Microsatellite Launch From Vandenberg

Hawthorne-based SpaceX will attempt to put two, orbiting microsatellites into space--prototypes for an effort to provide widespread, high speed satellite Internet across the globe--from its launch this week from Vandenberg Air Force Base, according to documents filed by SpaceX with the FCC. The two satellites--Microsat-2a and Microsat-2b, will piggyback on this weekend's planned launch, which is currently slated for 6:17am on Saturday. SpaceX's primary mission in that launch is to put the PAZ satellite for Hisdesat of Madrid, Spain, into orbit. Image: a launch last year of a satellite by SpaceX, from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

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