Live: SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 booster into retirement

Watch live as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 commercial communications satellites for Intelsat. Lift off is scheduled for 11:06 a.m. EDT (16:06 GMT). The Falcon 9 booster will not be recovered after 13 previous launches.

Built by Maxar, Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 will be positioned in geostationary orbit to provide C-band video and television broadcast services in the United States.


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[martehoudesheldt]

it would have been nice to see the onboard cam on booster on the reentry till it hit the water.

[nickandrews]

These guys are making this look routine.

[inothome]

Great launch today!!! Sounded good and loud! I posted a video as well from a little closer vantage point.

[dubaacrew]

Wow does anyone else see the fuel vapor leaking above engine

[michaelpcoffee]

Shoulda used a heavy and recovered boosters.

[danieldeoliveirapaivaalmei]

Se você como uma pessoa de outro estado, morar e Maceió mas digo morar. Vai ver o quanto eles não gostam de ninguém

[TheBigKahuna]

If humans owns reverse engineering why are we still using these dinosaurs to go to “space@? 😂😂😂😂

[TheBigKahuna]

Aliens must think what a bunch of bozzos or Bessoz 😂😂😂

[eveningstarnm]

So they'll just let it fall and crash somewhere and make someone else clean up their mess later? Yup. That sounds like something Elon Musk would do. They have the capability to clean up after themselves. That makes them responsible for it.