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Air Force Moves SpaceX’s AsiaSat 6 Launch To Wednesday AM Following F9R Incident

Air Force Moves SpaceX’s AsiaSat 6 Launch To Wednesday AM Following F9R Incident
A Falcon 9 rocket.

The Air Force approved Space Exploration Technology Corp.’s (SpaceX) request to move its previously scheduled, early morning Tuesday AsiaSat 6 launch to Wednesday following a Aug. 22 launch anomaly on the company’s Falcon 9 R (F9R) reusable rocket test vehicle. In the anomaly, SpaceX terminated a three-engine version of its F9R in-flight when the vehicle’s flight termination system automatically ended the mission after detecting a flight anomaly, according to a company statement. Company spokesman John Taylor declined to answer additional…

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