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An Alaska satellite is headed to space
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Tracy Sinclare
April 30, 2023
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - After three launch delays, at 4:29 p.m. Alaska Time Sunday, the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On board, is the Aurora 4A satellite from Pacific Dataport in Alaska.
PACIFIC DATAPORT SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES HISTORIC SATELLITE MADE FOR ALASKA!
May 1, 2023
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA -- Pacific Dataport has successfully launched their first purpose-built satellite named “Aurora 4A”. Aurora 4A was launched on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, from pad 39-A on Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 4:26pm AK.