SpaceX Completes First GEO Transfer Mission

December 4, 2013 - Last night SpaceX completed a successful launch of its Falcon9 and transfer of Orbital Science's SES8 Satellite into geostationary orbit. VPT helped power this event, which marks the first time SpaceX has reached a distance of nearly 50,000 miles (80,000km) above the earth. 

The successful launch and transfer mission also helps SpaceX continue its certification process for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program (EELV) to be eligible for all National Security Space (NSS) missions. The SES8 telecommunications satellite, which weighs approximately 7,000 pounds (3,175kg), will provide signals to television and broadband customers of SES in Asia. 

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