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SpaceX Launch Postponed

Posted by samzenpus on from the second-time's-a-charm dept.

An anonymous reader writes with news about SpaceX's launch today and second attempt to land its Falcon 9 rocket on a platform floating offshore in the Atlantic ocean. "You can watch live as SpaceX launches its Falcon 9 rocket and attempts to recover the first stage portion via an automated, barge-based landing plan in the Atlantic ocean, with the first take-off attempted scheduled for 4:33 PM ET, provided conditions remain good and pre-flight checks go well. A big part of this mission, designated CRS-6 and designed primarily as a resupply flight for the International Space Station, is getting a second chance at recovering Falcon 9's first stage rocket. Once the second stage and the Dragon spacecraft detach from that first stage rocket, it'll undergo a controlled descent as it attempts to touch down with SpaceX's ocean-borne landing platform." Update: 04/13 21:43 GMT by S : The launch was scrubbed because of lightning in a nearby cloud. It's been rescheduled for tomorrow at 4:10PM ET.

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  1. Headline got ahead of itself by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 4, Informative

    SpaceX Launches CRS-6 Resupply Rocket and Tries Drone Ship Recovery

    That'll teach you to use the present tense for something that hasn't happened yet.

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  2. Aborted at T-00:03:07 by compro01 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Weather doesn't want to cooperate. Anvil clouds within 10 miles of launch site.

    Tune in tomorrow for next attempt.

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  3. Attached-anvil clouds by ClickOnThis · · Score: 3, Informative

    The launch was scrubbed due to attached-anvil clouds and lightning risk.

    For the curious, attached-anvil clouds are also known as cumulonimbus clouds.

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