Pad 39A Ready for First Night-Time Launch in Seven Years, With Heavyweight EchoStar-23 Mission

Sunday’s mission will be the second SpaceX launch from historic Pad 39A. Since the end of the Space Shuttle era, the pad has been extensively refurbished, including the construction of a Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) for Upgraded Falcon 9 vehicles and payloads. Photo Credit: SpaceX

Just three weeks after triumphantly bringing historic Pad 39A [...]