SpaceX to Launch Ninth Space Station Resupply Mission

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. of Hawthorne is scheduled to launch one of its rockets on a resupply mission from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to the International Space Station on Monday, July 18. The Drago cargo spacecraft will carry scientific experiments, crew supplies, and hardware. This is the company’s ninth commercial resupply services mission and seventh rocket launch this year. The Dragon will reach its preliminary orbit about 10 minutes after launch, deploy its solar arrays, and begin a two-day voyage to reach the space station. More

(Source: Los Angeles Business Journal - Jul 16)