SpaceX Launches Galaxy 33, 34 for Intelsat

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launches Intelsat G33 & G34 to orbit.  Photo credit: Michael Howard / We Report Space
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launches Intelsat G33 & G34 to orbit. Photo credit: Michael Howard / We Report Space

Cape Canaveral S.F.S., FL. - Liftoff! After two scrubs, a third time was the charm for a launch at sunset and a near full moon rising. At 7:05PM EDT a Falcon 9 roared to life lofting the Intelsat Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 telecommunication satellites into orbit. 

Falcon 9 meets the Moon. Photo Credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space

Taking those satellites towards orbit was first stage booster B1060 on its fourteenth flight. Shortly after launch the booster made a successful landing on the recovery ship “A Shortfall of Gravitas”. Booster B1060 previously supported: Transporter-2, GPS-III SV03, TurkSat-5A and ten Starlink launches.

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Falcon 9 / Intelsat G33-G34 (Michael Seeley)


Falcon 9 / Intelsat G33-G34 (Michael Howard)


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