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On July 2, 2017, Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) launched the Intelsat 35e commercial communications satellite to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). The payload was scheduled to be launched at 7:36 p.m. EDT (23:36 GMT) atop a 'Full Thrust' Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A located in Florida, however, a scrub was announced at just 10 seconds prior to liftoff. Unlike most of the Falcon 9s that the company has launched recently, this one lacks support legs that are used during the first stage's landing (as there is no landing attempt). It is hoped that the satellite will be successfully deployed 32 minutes after it has lifted off of the same historic pad that the crew of Apollo 11 began their journey to the Moon. Photos courtesy: Mike Howard, Michael Seeley, Carleton Bailie
