SpaceX to Launch Jason-3 Satellite at 1:42 EST 10:42 PST

[Cassiopeia]

http://www.space.com/31650-spacex-rocket-landing-jason3-satellite-launch-webcast.html

The 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.

Live stream here:

[Cassiopeia]

1. 12 min to launch

So far all systems go.

[Lochloosa]

2. 5 min kick

[Cassiopeia]

3. 1 minute kick

[B Calm]

4. Watching on Dish channel 286

[B Calm]

5. Hope they have good film coverage of the landing. Right now its terrible!

[Cassiopeia]

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]

7. Just said they landed on target but too hard, landing strut broke.

[Cassiopeia]

8. and not standing upright.

Sounds like another learning experience, but that's about all.