{"id":19503,"date":"2016-01-12T18:46:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T10:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-rehearses-falcon-9-rocket-launch-and-relives-last-months-rocket-landing\/"},"modified":"2016-01-12T18:46:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T10:46:40","slug":"spacex-rehearses-falcon-9-rocket-launch-and-relives-last-months-rocket-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-rehearses-falcon-9-rocket-launch-and-relives-last-months-rocket-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX rehearses Falcon 9 rocket launch \u2013 and relives last month\u2019s rocket landing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_222308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222308\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-222308\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/160112-spacex-630x627.jpg\" alt=\"SpaceX static-fire test\" width=\"630\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/160112-spacex-630x627.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/160112-spacex-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/160112-spacex-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/160112-spacex-1240x1233.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/160112-spacex-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/160112-spacex.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-222308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket fires its engines during a launch-pad test at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Monday evening. (Credit: SpaceX)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX fired the engines of its Falcon 9 rocket on its California launch pad on Monday evening, marking a seemingly successful rehearsal for this weekend\u2019s launch of the Jason 3 ocean-monitoring satellite.<\/p>\n<p>But the rocket\u2019s trickiest maneuver \u2013 flying its first-stage booster down to a landing on a platform in the Pacific Ocean \u2013 can\u2019t be practiced in advance. For that, SpaceX will have to draw upon past experience, including last month\u2019s rocket touchdown in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Today SpaceX released slick new footage of that launch and landing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"&quot;The Falcon has landed&quot; | Recap of Falcon 9 launch and landing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ANv5UfZsvZQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s static-fire test at Vandenberg Air Force Base was part of SpaceX\u2019s pre-launch routine: Engineers verified that the two-stage rocket\u2019s systems were performing as planned in advance of the launch attempt at 10:42 a.m. PT Sunday. The U.S.-European Jason 3 mission is aimed at measuring sea level from space for at least three to five years, as part of a scientific campaign that goes back decades.<\/p>\n<p>NASA said the results of Monday\u2019s 5:35 p.m. PT test firing would be reviewed today, and SpaceX&nbsp;said the preliminary data \u201clooks good.\u201d The company\u2019s billionaire CEO and founder, Elon Musk, voiced hope that the landing at sea would go forward as well:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=686743696469954560&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2016%2Fspacex-rehearses-falcon-9-launch-revisits-rocket-landing%2F&amp;sessionId=da43e599f045575912c4535892af21523dfaa7ff&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"686743696469954560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782805095734625087=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aiming to launch this weekend and (hopefully) land on our droneship. Ship landings needed for high velocity missions https:\/\/t.co\/n6j0mExAqM<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 12, 2016<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last month\u2019s landing showed that SpaceX could launch&nbsp;a Falcon 9 and then bring the rocket\u2019s first stage back for a touchdown at its Landing Zone 1 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. But as Musk pointed out, in some cases the only option for rocket reuse is to recover the rocket downrange at sea. SpaceX tried to execute a rocket landing on an autonomous drone ship twice last year. Both attempts came close to success but ended in fiery crashes.<\/p>\n<p>Musk says he\u2019ll keep trying despite those setbacks. Rocket landings are a key part of SpaceX\u2019s strategy to drive down the cost of space access to&nbsp;as little as 1 percent of its current level. That cost reduction, in turn, is a key part of Musk\u2019s vision to send thousands of colonists to Mars and turn humanity into a multiplanet species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket fires its engines during a launch-pad test at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Monday evening. (Credit: SpaceX) SpaceX fired the engines of its Falcon 9 rocket on its California launch pad on Monday evening, marking a seemingly successful rehearsal for this weekend\u2019s launch of the Jason 3 ocean-monitoring satellite. 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