WATCH LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch Set To Liftoff From Cape Canaveral At 5:39 p.m. ET
By Space Coast Daily // May 27, 2016
Will Attempt Another Successful Ocean Barge Landing
ABOVE VIDEO: Livestream coverage of Friday’s SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch is slated for Friday at 5:39 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Weather is a 60% go for launch, according to SpaceX.
Thaicom 8 will provide Ku-band broadcast and data services to Thailand, Southeast Asia, India and Africa.
The launch was moved forward from June and was scrubbed Thursday.
The rocket will be carrying a communications satellite that weighs nearly 7,000 lbs.
SpaceX will try to attempt to land the first stage of the rocket on a drone ship in the Atlantic, once again.
The weather for Friday’s launch is looking good, according to experts.