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SpaceX Set For Tuesday’s AsiaSat 8 Launch

Pat Host

Monday, August 4th, 2014

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SpaceX Set For Tuesday’s AsiaSat 8 Launch

A Falcon 9 rocket.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is set for early Tuesday morning’s launch of the AsiaSat 8 satellite. The launch window will open at approximately 1:25 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. If all goes as planned, the satellite will be deployed approximately 32 minutes after liftoff, according to SpaceX. AsiaSat 8 is a fixed satellite services spacecraft designed to be co-located with AsiaSat 7 at the orbital location of 105.5 degrees East. Manufactured by Space Systems/Loral (SSL),…

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