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SpaceX Launches AsiaSat 8 Satellite

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, August 8th, 2014

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Aug. 5 successfully launched the AsiaSat 8 satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., company CEO and chief designer Elon Musk said on Twitter. The launch took place on one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets. AsiaSat 8 is a fixed satellite services spacecraft designed to be co-located with AsiaSat 7 at the orbital location of 105.5 degrees East. Manufactured by Space Systems/Loral (SSL), the satellite will provide television and broadband communications services.

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