Watch SpaceX launch a Boeing-built satellite and attempt to recover its spacecraft fairing live

Watch SpaceX launch a Boeing-built satellite and attempt to recover its spacecraft fairing live

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https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/16/watch-spacex-launch-a-boeing-built-satellite-and-attempt-to-recover-its-spacecraft-fairing-live/

SpaceX is launching yet another rocket this evening – its 13th this year. This Falcon 9 launch is set for liftoff sometime during a window that’ll 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’ll include an attempted landing of that booster, as well as a try at recovering both halves of the fairing used to protect the spacecraft’s cargo as it ascends to space.

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.