Watch SpaceX try a land-based rocket landing on December 21st
SpaceX has been understandably quiet since its last rocket exploded right after launch, but it’s hoping to make up for that failure in style. It’s planning to not only launch a Falcon 9 rocket on December 21st at 8:29PM Eastern, but attempt its first-ever ground landing with that rocket — no doubt in hopes of countering Blue Origin’s landing from a few weeks ago. Even if the touchdown fails, it’ll still be an important launch as ORBCOMM gets 11 communications satellites into orbit. Tune in to the live stream below (coverage should start at 8:05PM) and you’ll see whether or not SpaceX has better success on terra firma than it did at sea.
[Image credit: SpaceX Photos, Flickr]
Just reviewed mission params w SpaceX team. Monte Carlo runs show tmrw night has a 10 higher chance of a good landing. Punting 24 hrs.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 20, 2015
Source: SpaceX, Elon Musk (Twitter)
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