Updated: Dec. 18, 2024 at 9:12 AM
SpaceX launches communications satellites (7 images)
By Wade Sheridan
SpaceX launched a set of O3b mPOWER communications satellites for Luxembourg-based satellite telecommunications network provider SES from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday. The rocket lifted off at 5:26 p.m. EST.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a set of O3b mPOWER communications satellites for Luxembourg-based company SES from Launch Complex 39 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 17, 2024. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI
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This is the fourth set of O3b mPOWER communications satellites that SpaceX has launched. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI
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The launch experienced a series of weather-related delays before liftoff. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI
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