SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Galileo Satellites from KSC Written 29 April 2024
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SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Galileo navigation satellites for the European Commission from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 8:34 p.m. EDT, Saturday, Apr. 27. | Credit: Spaceflight Now; YouTube Framegrab
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX hit some notable milestones with the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Saturday. Most notably, the weekend flight marked the first time that the European Commission’s Galileo satellites (similar to the United State’s Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites) launched onboard an American-made rocket and from U.S. soil.”
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Florida with navigation satellites for Europe
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