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This is very cool ... Space touches our lives in ways most people don't realize.

"The deal will provide satellite connectivity to tractors, seed planters, crop sprayers, and other equipment in areas that lack adequate Internet service, allowing them to use [John] Deere’s digital products."

datacenterdynamics.com/en/news

My Facebook amateur smartphone video of tonight's launch as seen from north Merritt Island, in and out of the clouds.

facebook.com/100000747763996/v

We have a popup launch tonight from LC-40. The window opens at 8:10 PM EST. I'll post a webcast link when it's available.

EDIT ... SpaceX has moved up the opening of the window to 7:52 PM EST.

EDIT 2 ... Various media are reporting the launch time has slipped to 8:42 PM EST, although the SpaceX web site still says 7:52 PM EST.

EDIT 3 ... SpaceX scrubbed tonight's launch. They'll try again tomorrow night.

will attempt to make history tonight with its first test flight of the new rocket. The booster was named in honor of Leonard Nimoy, who passed away in 2015.

ULA will retire the Atlas V and Delta IV in favor of this partially reusable rocket, which they hope will be competitive with the line of rockets. (1/x)

youtube.com/watch?v=Ai-AVMJdzV

We have a launch at Cape Canaveral this afternoon, with a four-hour window opening at 4 PM EST.

Here's my amateur smartphone video of tonight's launch and landing. I got some pretty good video of the F9 coming back to land.

youtube.com/watch?v=l8EWotgrBM

A reminder that we have a launch here on the Cape at 6:04 PM EST. The payloas is a Swedish geostationary broadband Internet satellite. Watch live on the SpaceflightNow YouTube channel.

youtube.com/watch?v=1at2nvRlDc

We have a launch scheduled for today at 6:04 PM EST. The payload is a Swedish geostationary broadband-internet satellite.

Sunset launches are always spectacular.

will attempt again this evening to launch the with the payload from Pad 39A. The launch window opens at 8:07 PM EST.

A Falcon Heavy is always a must-see event. Spaceflight Now is already streaming at:

youtube.com/watch?v=wnfddhDuWD

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