SpaceX Iridium NEXT Rocket Over Los Angeles 12/22/17
SpaceX, Japan Launching Satellites Back to Back Tonight: Watch Live
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket moves to a launchpad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California ahead of the launch of 10 Iridium Next satellites in October 2017. SpaceX will launch 10 more Iridium Next satellites on Dec. 22, 2017.
Credit: SpaceX
Two rockets are scheduled to launch within 1 minute of each other tonight (Dec. 22), and you can catch the back-to-back spaceflight action live.
A Japanese H-2A rocket will lead things off with a liftoff from Tanegashima Space Center at 8:26 p.m. EST Friday (0126 GMT; 1:26 a.m. local Japan time on Dec. 23). One minute later, a two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a pre-flown first stage is scheduled to rise from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.
You can watch both launches live at Space.com, courtesy of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and SpaceX, respectively.
DRIVING FROM MY WORK EXACTLY AT 5:37 AM, IN THE SKY OF LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA THIS STRANGE LIGHT, WHEN I SEEMED THE LAUNCH OF NEW SATELLITES, JUST INCREDIBLE
SpaceX, Japan Launching Satellites Back to Back Tonight: Watch Live
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket moves to a launchpad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California ahead of the launch of 10 Iridium Next satellites in October 2017. SpaceX will launch 10 more Iridium Next satellites on Dec. 22, 2017.
Credit: SpaceX
Two rockets are scheduled to launch within 1 minute of each other tonight (Dec. 22), and you can catch the back-to-back spaceflight action live.
A Japanese H-2A rocket will lead things off with a liftoff from Tanegashima Space Center at 8:26 p.m. EST Friday (0126 GMT; 1:26 a.m. local Japan time on Dec. 23). One minute later, a two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a pre-flown first stage is scheduled to rise from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.
You can watch both launches live at Space.com, courtesy of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and SpaceX, respectively.
DRIVING FROM MY WORK EXACTLY AT 5:37 AM, IN THE SKY OF LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA THIS STRANGE LIGHT, WHEN I SEEMED THE LAUNCH OF NEW SATELLITES, JUST INCREDIBLE
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