SpaceX has announced preparation of its first Falcon 9 booster for launch from Cape Canaveral is moving nicely along. Integration of the payload to the upper stage is complete. Shortly, erecting the two-stage booster will take place. Standing upright, Falcon 9 will be an impressive 180 feet tall.
SpaceX plans five launches of the Falcon 9 from Florida in 2009, including two demonstration flights for NASA designed to show the rocket can deliver cargo in the Dragon capsule to ISS starting in 2013. The company has already won a billion-dollar contract from NASA to do precisely that.
Longer term, SpaceX intends to man-rate both the Falcon 9 booster and the Dragon capsule.
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