SpaceX rocket to launch climate satellite, re-try ocean landing
Sunday, January 17, 2016 - 07:50
in Astronomy & Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is poised to launch from California on Sunday to put a key climate-monitoring satellite into orbit, then turn around and attempt to land on a platform in the ocean. Liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base is scheduled for 10:42 a.m. PST (1842 GMT). After sending the U.S.- and European-owned Jason-3 satellite on its way to orbit, the rocket's first stage will separate, turn around and attempt to touch down on a platform floating in t