SpaceX will try to launch its Falcon 1 rocket from the Kwajalein Atoll at approximately 5:55 pm. PDT (00:55 UTC). They’re webcasting the launch.
This is the third launch attempt for Elon Musk’s rocket. The first launch vehicle exploded shortly after takeoff. The second failed to attain orbit. This third rocket is carrying the following payloads:
- The Trailblazer satellite developed by SpaceDev of Poway, Calif., for the Jumpstart Program of DoD’s Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office, as a test platform to validate the hardware, software and processes of an accelerated microsatellite launch.
- Two NASA small satellites: PRESat, a micro laboratory from NASA’s Ames Research Center; and NanoSail-D, which will unfurl an ultra-thin solar sail, developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, in collaboration with NASA Ames Research Center.
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