Watch SpaceX push the boundaries of rocket recycling

SpaceX is the first to land and reuse commercial rockets capable of sending spacecraft into orbit, but the company has never used the same rocket stage more than twice. This should change with the upcoming launch of Falcon 9 in California.

Elon Musk's vision that cheaper and faster launches in orbit will rise to a higher level when one of his Block 5 Falcon 9 rockets will take off from the Air Force Base. Vandenberg dozens of tiny spaceships. The Block 5 version of the SpaceX WorkXe rocket is designed to be reused up to 10 times or more without being refurbished. The specific recall to be used was also launched in May (first first block ), then again in August .

The payload bay at the top of Falcon 9 will be crowded – it is loaded with 64 small satellites from 34 different organizations representing 17 countries. Spaceflight Industries has purchased all the space on the Falcon 9 for a carpool mission dubbed SSO-A SmallSat Express, which, according to the company, will constitute up to now the largest carpool mission of any kind. launch vehicle based in the United States.

July, but was postponed several times to November 19th, then to Wednesday. But Tuesday night, SpaceX announced that the launch was again suspended due to "high altitude extreme winds".

"We will announce a new launch date once confirmed with the range", tweeted SpaceX.

The University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Nevada Museum of Art, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and Capella Space Corporation are among the organizations that will have satellites aboard the rocket.

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The third historic booster landing will take place less than ten minutes later on the Just Read Instructions drone, stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

You can watch the whole mission live via SpaceX webcast. We will update this article when the new launch date will be announced and will integrate the live feed here as soon as it is available. Generally, the broadcast begins about 15 minutes before the planned launch

First published on November 27 at 17:48.

Update, 8:30 pm : Added delayed announced launch.

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