News Archive / Tagged: Inmarsat 5 F4

• Photo Gallery: SpaceX ramps up launch rate with Inmarsat-5 F4 mission

  Derek RichardsonMay 17th, 2017

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — On May 15, 2017, SpaceX launched an expendable Falcon 9 rocket with the Inmarsat-5 F4 communications satellite. SpaceFlight Insider was there to capture the event.

• Expendable Falcon 9 launches Inmarsat-5 F4

  Curt GodwinMay 15th, 2017

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla — Clear skies and a setting sun provided a stunning backdrop as SpaceX launched an expendable Falcon 9 with the last of four Inmarsat-5 Global Xpress (GX) telecommunications satellites.

• SFI LIVE: SpaceX launching Inmarsat-5 F4 communications satellite

  Derek RichardsonMay 15th, 2017

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has an expendable Falcon 9 rocket ready to launch the Inmarsat-5 Flight 4 communications satellite to geostationary transfer orbit.

• SpaceX set to launch rare Falcon 9 for Inmarsat-5 F4 mission

  Curt GodwinMay 13th, 2017

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — With the static fire successfully concluded, SpaceX is clear to begin final launch preparations of the rarest variant of the company's active Falcon 9 launch fleet as it readies to loft the fourth of the Inmarsat-5 series of communications satellites. The company is targeting a 50-minute launch window opening at 7:20 p.m. EDT (23:20 GMT) May 15, 2017, at Launch Complex 39A.

• SpaceX tests Falcon 9 rocket ahead of Inmarsat-5 F4 mission

  Derek RichardsonMay 11th, 2017

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — SpaceX has performed its customary static fire test on its latest Falcon 9 rocket, which is slated to launch the Inmarsat-5 Flight 4 satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit during a 50-minute window opening at 7:20 p.m. EDT (23:20 GMT) May 15, 2017.