Monday, August 31, 2020

SpaceX Successfully Launches Earth Observation Satellite Into Orbit

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX successfully launched another mission into space on Sunday, putting the SAOCOM 1B earth observation satellite--as well as two rideshare payloads, the Tyvak-0172 and PlanetiQ's GNOMES-1--successfully into space. The launch was from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and occurred at 7:18pm EDT. SpaceX said the launch is its first launch to a polar orbit from the East Coast, and the first polar launch from Florida in decades.