SpaceX Elon Musk will hold the second since the beginning of the year the launch of the carrier rocket Falcon 9, according to Reuters referring to representatives of SES SA, based in Luxembourg satellite operator.
According to the operator, the start is scheduled for February 24 .
«SpaceX is currently completing extensive series of tests and pre-flight check”, – said the SES SA
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In the company SpaceX refused to comment on reports about the opening. However, of Hawthorne, based in California, the company that owns and manages technology Elon Musk, said he hopes to make this year more than a dozen missile launch of the Falcon 9.
NASA in mid-January has launched a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to deliver a weather satellite Jason 3. The main purpose of the satellite is to monitor the level of the oceans. It is intended to transmit information that is useful for the study of global climate change and forecasting typhoons and hurricanes.
However, SpaceX was unable to pull the first stage of the rocket safely on the platform in the ocean. At that time the landing was hard, the stage has been damaged.
At the end of December 2015 the company SpaceX Elon Musk was able to carry out the first successful landing reusable bottom stage Falcon 9 rocket to save it for reuse. Meanwhile, the restart proved less successful – the rocket landing on an offshore platform was tough, it was severely damaged.
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