{"id":99848,"date":"2019-12-17T07:23:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T15:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/watch-spacex-launch-a-boeing-built-satellite-and-attempt-to-recover-its-spacecraft-fairing-live"},"modified":"2019-12-17T07:23:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T15:23:10","slug":"watch-spacex-launch-a-boeing-built-satellite-and-attempt-to-recover-its-spacecraft-fairing-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/watch-spacex-launch-a-boeing-built-satellite-and-attempt-to-recover-its-spacecraft-fairing-live","title":{"rendered":"Watch SpaceX launch a Boeing-built satellite and attempt to recover its spacecraft fairing live"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SpaceX<\/a> is launching yet another rocket this evening \u2014 its 13th this year. This Falcon 9 launch is set for liftoff sometime during a window that\u2019ll last for just over an hour, and that opens at 7:10 PM EST (4:10 PM PST) and extends to 8:38 PM EST (5:38 PM PST). The launch will use a first-stage rocket booster that previously flew in May and July of this year, and it\u2019ll include an attempted landing of that booster, as well as a try at recovering both halves of the fairing used to protect the spacecraft\u2019s cargo as it ascends to space.<\/p>\n

The cargo itself is a satellite built by Boeing that hosts two payloads for different clients, including Japanese pay TV broadcast service provider SKY Perfect JSAT, and a high-speed broadband connectivity satellite developed by Kratos called Kacific1. The Falcon 9 spacecraft will be looking to deliver these to orbit around half-an-hour after liftoff.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s definitely going to be worth watching the secondary mission elements of this one, as SpaceX has so far succeeded only in recovering one half of a fairing used during a mission with a single barge stationed in the ocean. This will see it try to catch both pieces, using two ships named \u201cMs. Tree\u201d and \u201cMs. Chief\u201d that have been retrofitted with a large net assembly specifically for the purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SpaceX is launching yet another rocket this evening \u2014 its 13th this year. This Falcon 9 launch is set for liftoff sometime during a window that\u2019ll last for just over an hour, and that opens at 7:10 PM EST (4:10 PM PST) and extends to 8:38 PM EST (5:38 PM PST). The launch will use [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1694,2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99848","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\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}