Orbcomm posted this photo December 17 of the Falcon 9 rocket poised to carry its 11 satellites to orbit.
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If Wednesday’s test is successful, SpaceX said the Falcon 9 rocket could launch between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday or Sunday.
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The launch will also be the first for SpaceX since the June 28 failure of a Falcon 9 version 1.1 carrying a Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station.
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Musk’s goal is to reduce launch costs by recovering rocket stages so they can be flown again. “There are a number of improvements in the rocket”, Space News quoted Musk when he spoke at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco.
It’s unclear if SpaceX will attempt to land its Falcon 9 booster after liftoff, proving the rocket can be reused.
The rocket’s first stage, or booster, now stands 230 feet (70 meters) tall-five feet taller than before.
SpaceX is set to perform a key static fire test on its Falcon 9 rocket engines today – and if all goes according to plan – could launch the latest version of the rocket in a few days, the company said today. Florida Today reported that SpaceX lifted a Falcon 9 rocket vertical on its launch pad Wednesday, but as of 10 p.m. there was no confirmation that its engines had fired. Liquid oxygen propellant is now chilled to -340ºF (-207ºC), compared with -298ºF (-183ºC) before. But according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the deep cryo system is “presenting some challenges”.
“Static fire test looks good.” tweeted Musk.
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It was not clear if the launch – SpaceX’s first in almost six months – was still possible on Saturday.
