News Archive / Tagged: SES-12

• SES-12 flies to orbit in early morning SpaceX launch

  Jim SiegelJune 4th, 2018

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SpaceX carried out yet another successful launch, but it didn't retrieve the rocket's first stage, nor did it use the Block 5 version of the launch vehicle. The NewSpace company did, however, work to recover one element of the booster.

• Launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 with SES-12 slips to NET June 4

  Jason RhianMay 31st, 2018

  The launch of the SES-12 communications satellite has been pushed back at least three days as SpaceX reviews the condition of the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage.

• SpaceX prepping Falcon 9 to launch SES-12 mission

  Jim SiegelMay 28th, 2018

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Following the successful launch of a communications satellite on May 11, 2018, from Kennedy Space Center SLC-39A,  SpaceX is scheduled to launch another communications satellite from Florida on May 31, 2018, this time from nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's SLC-40.  The customer is SES, a giant European communications conglomerate.  If everything goes as planned, this will be the sixth launch of an SES satellite by SpaceX.

• SES-12 arrives at Cape Canaveral for launch

  Bart LeahyApril 17th, 2018

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SES delivered its SES-12 communications satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on April 12. SpaceX's Falcon 9 is being prepped to launch the spacecraft to geosynchronous orbit.