{"id":110910,"date":"2020-08-05T12:01:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T19:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/watch-spacex-launch-a-south-korean-satellite-using-the-same-booster-that-flew-nasa-astronauts"},"modified":"2020-08-05T12:01:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T19:01:43","slug":"watch-spacex-launch-a-south-korean-satellite-using-the-same-booster-that-flew-nasa-astronauts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/watch-spacex-launch-a-south-korean-satellite-using-the-same-booster-that-flew-nasa-astronauts","title":{"rendered":"Watch SpaceX launch a South Korean satellite using the same booster that flew NASA astronauts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/watch-spacex-launch-a-south-korean-satellite-using-the-same-booster-that-flew-nasa-astronauts.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/crunchbase.com\/organization\/space-exploration-technologies\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"organization\" >SpaceX<\/a> is launching South Korea\u2019s first dedicated military communications satellite on Monday, with a target liftoff time of 5 PM EDT (2 PM PDT). The launch window spans nearly four hours, ending at 8:55 PM EDT (5:55 PM PDT), so SpaceX has considerable flexibility in terms of when the launch could actually take place.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcon 9 rocket being used for this mission includes a first-stage booster that flew previously on SpaceX and NASA\u2019s Demo-2 mission \u2014 the historic mission that carried astronauts on board a SpaceX rocket for the first time. That launch, which <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/05\/30\/spacex-makes-history-with-successful-first-human-space-launch\/\">took place on May 30<\/a>, saw astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley successfully delivered to the International Space Station \u2014 where they\u2019re currently preparing to depart on Demo-2\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/07\/17\/spacex-and-nasa-targeting-early-august-for-crew-dragon-return-with-astronauts-on-board\/\">concluding trip home on August 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This mission will include a recovery attempt for the first stage, using SpaceX\u2019s \u201cJust Read the Instructions\u201d drone landing ship in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX is launching South Korea\u2019s first dedicated military communications satellite on Monday, with a target liftoff time of 5 PM EDT (2 PM PDT). The launch window spans nearly four hours, ending at 8:55 PM EDT (5:55 PM PDT), so SpaceX has considerable flexibility in terms of when the launch could actually take place. The [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488,9,2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drones","category-military","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}