{"id":19524,"date":"2015-12-20T21:49:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T13:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-postpones-falcon-9-launch-by-a-day-to-maximize-chances-for-landing\/"},"modified":"2015-12-20T21:49:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T13:49:47","slug":"spacex-postpones-falcon-9-launch-by-a-day-to-maximize-chances-for-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-postpones-falcon-9-launch-by-a-day-to-maximize-chances-for-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX postpones Falcon 9 launch by a day to maximize chances for landing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_218646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218646\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-218646\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/151220-spacex1-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"Image: SpaceX Falcon rocket\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/151220-spacex1-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/151220-spacex1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/151220-spacex1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-218646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket stands on its Florida launch pad. (Credit: Orbcomm)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX has delayed the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket with 11 Orbcomm telecommunication satellites for a day, to wait for a better chance to land the rocket\u2019s first-stage booster after liftoff.<\/p>\n<p>The commercial rocket company\u2019s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, said the decision to put off Sunday\u2019s scheduled launch attempt was made after a review of the mission parameters. In a tweet, he said an analysis of probabilistic Monte Carlo simulations showed there was a \u201c10 percent higher chance of a good landing\u201d on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; 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=678679083782377472&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2015%2Fspacex-postpones-falcon-9-launch-by-a-day-to-maximize-chances-for-rocket-landing%2F&amp;sessionId=f0fa1b7a92db4689c94c5a3641de64f1987fd37e&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"678679083782377472\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782805174399595687=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just reviewed mission params w SpaceX team. Monte Carlo runs show tmrw night has a 10% higher chance of a good landing. Punting 24 hrs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 20, 2015<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As a result, the countdown was delayed 24 hours. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida is now scheduled for&nbsp;a five-minute window that opens at 8:29 p.m. ET (5:29 p.m. PT) Monday. Forecasters said there was an 80 percent&nbsp;chance of favorable weather conditions for launch.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate statement, Orbcomm said SpaceX determined that taking an additional day would allow for further analysis of the results from Friday\u2019s pre-launch rocket test, plus extra&nbsp;time for chilling down the rocket\u2019s liquid oxygen propellant.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-188079 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pluto1.png\" alt=\"pluto\" width=\"250\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pluto1.png 250w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pluto1-200x151.png 200w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pluto1-132x100.png 132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\"><br \/>\n<strong>Science journalist Alan Boyle<\/strong>&nbsp;is the author of &#8220;The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made A Big Difference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The caution reflects the high stakes facing SpaceX for this launch: This would be the company\u2019s first space mission since a Falcon 9 disintegrated during ascent in June. Since then, the Falcon 9\u2019s cryogenic fuel&nbsp;system has&nbsp;been upgraded, adding to the rocket\u2019s potential power. What\u2019s more, SpaceX is planning to have the rocket\u2019s first stage fly itself back to Cape Canaveral after separation for a first-of-its-kind landing.<\/p>\n<p>The company has prepared a former missile test range, now renamed Landing Zone 1, to serve as the target site. SpaceX previously tried landing Falcon 9 boosters on an oceangoing platform with mixed success.<\/p>\n<p>The landing exercise is part of Musk\u2019s vision to make rockets more reusable. That would lower the cost of spaceflight, potentially blazing a trail for&nbsp;Musk\u2019s grand plan to send colonists to Mars.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is also seeking to pioneer rocket reusability. Last month, his Blue Origin venture sent an autonomously guided New Shepard rocket ship to the edge of space&nbsp;and brought it back intact for a vertical landing in West Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Musk congratulated Bezos on that suborbital feat. He pointed out, however, that landing the Falcon 9\u2019s first stage after an orbital launch is more difficult and could have bigger implications for the future of spaceflight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket stands on its Florida launch pad. (Credit: Orbcomm) SpaceX has delayed the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket with 11 Orbcomm telecommunication satellites for a day, to wait for a better chance to land the rocket\u2019s first-stage booster after liftoff. The commercial rocket company\u2019s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, said the decision [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[291,316],"class_list":["post-19524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-commercial-space","tag-spacex"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}