While the launch is noteworthy, all eyes will be on what happens minutes later as SpaceX attempts to land the rocket vertically on land, proving it can be reused. A similar mission was deemed successful late last month, when another privately owned spaceflight company, Blue Origin, managed to bring back to the ground a much smaller rocket after ending its suborbital mission.
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He added: “It’s more hard because I’m also part of the four matches (in succession) that we have lost”. “More important is that my players have to perform”.
It would be the first time a rocket would land on the cape.
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that the delay from Sunday was because the rocket “has a 10% higher chance of a good landing (on Monday)”. That attempted landing will cause a large sonic boom over parts of Florida, as its rocket stage breaks the sound barrier on return from space.
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Before, the aerospace company could only try its epic rocket landings on missions to the International Space Station because the ISS orbits Earth at relatively low altitudes compared to commercial satellites.
While it is important to SpaceX to stick the landing, the primary goal of the mission is to deliver 11 satellites to low-Earth orbit for ORBCOMM, a global communications company. The live coverage will begin at 8:10pm ET.
Flights have been on hold since one of its rockets exploded in June.
If the launch does take place and succeed on Monday, it will be significant for two reasons – it will be the first successful launch of the Falcon 9, another version of which blew up after blast-off in June due to a fault in the craft’s liquid oxygen tank.
If needed, SpaceX says a backup launch opportunity is available on December 21.
SpaceX previously experimented landing its rockets on a platform in the ocean, so far unsuccessfully.
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In other news BusinessWire reported, Today SpaceX confirmed that the company is targeting launch of the 11 ORBCOMM satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. on Sunday, Dec. 20. The launch is now slated for 8:29 p.m. ET.
