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Launch time: 2100-0055 GMT (5:00-8:55 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Drone Ship: Just Read the Instructions

Live Stream: YouTube [youtube.com] Fairing Recovery Attempt: Unknown

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Anasis 2, or KMilSatCom 1, communications satellite for the South Korean military. The spacecraft was built by Airbus Defense and Space. Delayed from July 14. [July 14]

Notable: If successful, at 51 days would be the fastest turnaround, ever, or an orbital rocket (beating 54 day turnaround for Space Shuttle Atlantis).

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