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SpaceX launches Turksat 5A communications satellite for Turkey, lands rocket – Space.com
The launch kicked off what should be a very busy 2021 for Elon Musk’s company.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. SpaceX
kicked off what is expected to be another launch-packed year by delivering a Turkish communications satellite to orbit tonight (Jan. 7).
A 230-ft-tall (70 m) Falcon 9 rocket
blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 here at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9:15 p.m. EST (0215 GMT on Jan. 8), about 45 minutes into a planned four-hour window, carrying the Turksat 5A satellite into space. The brief delay was due to a downrange tracking issue, SpaceX said during its…
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