This summer is shaping up to be packed full of SpaceX launches, with another one of the company’s Falcon 9 rockets set to take off later this evening from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This time, the vehicle is tasked with launching a communications satellite into a high orbit for the company Intelsat. And it comes just a week after SpaceX’s “doubleheader” weekend, when it launched two rockets in just 49 hours.
Unlike most SpaceX launches lately, this rocket will not attempt a landing after takeoff. The change likely has to do with the satellite that the company is launching. The probe, called Intelsat 35e, weighs more than 13,000 pounds, making it one of the heaviest satellites SpaceX has ever launched. It’s also going to a particularly high...
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