SpaceX will try again to put a rocket on the platform in the ocean – BBC

09.01.2016, 03:39

Private space company SpaceX Elon Musk is going to commit another attempt of landing the Falcon 9 rocket on a platform in the ocean, reports Reuters .

The launch is scheduled for January 17, he will have to be realized with the Vandenberg base in California. As a cargo rocket will carry NASA satellite for ocean monitoring.

The historical starting and vertical landing the Falcon 9 first stage have been produced experts of the company at the end of December last year. Then were brought into orbit 11 satellites. The launch and landing were carried out from Cape Canaveral. Previous attempts to put a rocket on the platform in the ocean were unsuccessful.

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