SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Carrying DSCOVR Satellite
Third time’s a charm!
After complications on prior attempts, SpaceX launched a DSCOVR space continue satellite
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— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 11, 2015
Liftoff of #Falcon9#DSCOVRhttp://t.co/tdni5406Hipic.twitter.com/Eq9Owo3meW
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 11, 2015
The launch was initial scheduled to start on Feb. 8, though was deferred after a vicious radar-tracking complement failed. Rescheduled for Feb. 10, a launch was scrubbed again “due to top turn winds
But on a third attempt, a continue cooperated, permitting what seemed to be a text launch for a unmanned rocket.
The strange devise was for one of a boosters from a Falcon 9 rocket to lapse to Earth and land on a boat in a Atlantic Ocean. Such a alighting is seen as an critical step toward a growth of reusable rockets
“The drone boat was designed to work in all though a many impassioned weather
SpaceX attempted a boat alighting formerly in January, though the upholder crash-landed
The DSCOVR satellite a rocket was carrying is to transport one million miles to a Lagrange point, where it will yield allege warnings of incoming geomagnetic storms, a Associated Press
Ummmm we saw this from a craft window a few hours ago
Ummmm we saw this from a craft window a few hours ago
Ummmm we saw this from a craft window a few hours ago
Ummmm we saw this from a craft window a few hours ago
Ummmm we saw this from a craft window a few hours ago @BadAstronomerpic.twitter.com/lU1UBraWN8
— EARTHEATER (@alexdrewchin) February 12, 2015
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