SpaceX Launching Next-Generation Private Rocket Test Flight Today: Watch Live [Vandenberg]

space.com ^ | September 29, 2013 09:45am ET | Tariq Malik, Managing Editor

[BenLurkin]

The next-generation Falcon 9 rocket is slated to blast off from SpaceX's launch pad at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base on a test flight that will also carry the new CASSIOPE space weather satellite into orbit for the Canadian Space Agency. Liftoff is targeted for 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT/9 a.m. PDT).

[BenLurkin]

Should be visible from a lot of places. Especially nearby beaches.

[Jack Hydrazine]

You can watch it at the following links.

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/006/status.html

I don’t know if it will be on NASA TV since I don’t see anything listed for it on their schedule. I’ll go ahead and throw up the link.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#.UkhCKj8QSh8

[Robert A Cook PE]

So, 9:00 AM Pacific time?

[Jack Hydrazine]

More about the Falcon 9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9

and this particular launch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9_Flight_6#Launch_vehicle

[Jack Hydrazine]

9:00 a.m. PDT and 12:00 noon EDT.

[FreeAtlanta]

It’s cool, but it isn’t the Space Shuttle.

How much are the Russians charging us to lift astronauts?

[Jack Hydrazine]

It’s time for a launch!

[Jack Hydrazine]

$70 million a seat!

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/05/01/NASA-signs-deal-for-Russia-to-ferry-US-astronauts-into-space/UPI-76371367433612/

[tet68]

Good luck Falcon 9.
will check in closer to launch time.

[Vince Ferrer]

This is the first "grasshopper" test flight with real hardware. The first stage will still land in the ocean, but it will attempt to decelerate and land on top of the ocean as if it was a launch pad.

Grasshopper Divert | Single Cam

[Jack Hydrazine]

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/09/spacex-debut-falcon-9-v1-1-cassiope-launch/

[Jack Hydrazine]

Mission patch.

[Jack Hydrazine]

http://new.livestream.com/accounts/142499/events/2371374

[BushCountry]

Watching the webcam and the gal looks like she is a scifi dominatrix with a spike wrist band and futuristic outfit with leather straps. Glad NASA is out of the space business. Much more polished presentation and product.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Those hot info babes really make the difference!

[BushCountry]

Thanks for posting this. Too bad more people are not responding to the thread.

[agere_contra]

12.45

[twister881]

Information, please. I’ve heard that SpaceX is heavily funded by the Federal govt., and that the founder is a big Obama supporter. Either or both true, and what might they mean for the company’s and private space flight’s futures?

[Vince Ferrer]

It’s cool, but it isn’t the Space Shuttle.

It is better. Falcon 9 is one of the two realistic designs to radically lower launch costs to the point where ordinary people have a shot at getting into space.

[Jack Hydrazine]

It’s Sunday so many people are still sleeping.