SpaceX Launch @ 10:42am PST Today!

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/


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With this mission, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver the Jason-3 satellite to low-Earth orbit for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), French space agency Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). The Jason-3 launch is targeted for a 10:42am PT launch from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. If all goes as planned, the Jason-3 satellite will be deployed approximately an hour after launch. This mission also marks an experimental landing of the first stage on the SpaceX drone ship “Just Read the Instructions”. The landing of the first stage is a secondary test objective.

 

2 mins to launch!

 

woohoo!....successful launch and 2nd stage separation!

 

https://youtu.be/W54PlDK2Lxw

 

well, they hit the drone ship 200mi off the CA coast with the return vehicle, but the impact was harder than expected and one of the landing legs snapped, vehicle not sitting upright. Impressive to hit a ship the size of a football field!

 

https://youtu.be/aBe-9PKRitw

very impressive to hit the mark 200 miles out at sea after launch, just couldn't stick the landing!