SpaceX rocket launch now planned for Friday

Modesto Bee ^ | January 09, 2019 06:31 PM | Gabby Ferreira and Janene Scully

[BenLurkin]

The Falcon 9 rocket launch originally planned for early this week has been rescheduled to Friday, SpaceX announced on Twitter. The launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base is set for 7:31 a.m., according to the tweet. “Weather is 60 percent favorable,” the company said.

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[Abathar]

Watching the launch is fun, but watching the boosters come back down and land, that is the best part of the show imho.

[butlerweave]

Is this the one where they’ll let the first stage burn up and not land ?

[tet68]

Landed on barge. Appeared flawless.

[Blennos]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VshdafZvwrg

[carmen2017]

Smoke and Mirrors.

[Afterguard]

Obviously done in the same studio they did the moon landings...

(is it necessary to add the /s?)

[NorthMountain]

Very little smoke comes from a LOX/RP1 engine ... mirrors are, however, sometimes used to protect launchpad cameras.

[gaijin]

agree.

I’m happy about the satellites but what I really want to see are the LANDINGS.

I watch almost every new launch now.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks! The Crew Dragon test has to wait until the shutdown is over.

[SunkenCiv]

;^)