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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSpaceX to Launch Jason-3 Satellite at 1:42 EST 10:42 PST
http://www.space.com/31650-spacex-rocket-landing-jason3-satellite-launch-webcast.htmlThe private spaceflight company SpaceX will launch an ocean-measuring satellite for NASA today (Jan. 17), and then attempt to land a rocket on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean, and you can watch the flight live online.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch the Jason-3 ocean-monitoring satellite into orbit from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base at 1:42 p.m. EST (10:42 a.m. PST/1842 GMT). You can watch the launch live on Space.com starting at 11 a.m. EST (8 a.m. PST/1600 GMT), courtesy of NASA TV.
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SpaceX to Launch Jason-3 Satellite at 1:42 EST 10:42 PST (Original Post)
Cassiopeia
Jan 2016
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Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)1. 12 min to launch
So far all systems go.
Lochloosa
(16,073 posts)2. 5 min kick
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)3. 1 minute kick
B Calm
(28,762 posts)4. Watching on Dish channel 286
B Calm
(28,762 posts)5. Hope they have good film coverage of the landing. Right now its terrible!
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)6. Yeah they lost sat coverage.
It doesn't sound like a perfect landing though.... broken landing leg, but on target.
not standing upright.
edbermac
(15,947 posts)7. Just said they landed on target but too hard, landing strut broke.
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)8. and not standing upright.
Sounds like another learning experience, but that's about all.