SpaceX aborts satellite launch
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SpaceX will launch one more Falcon 9 rocket in July from Southern California. Will the daytime launch window obscure views in neighboring Arizona?
Two NASA satellites rocketed into orbit from California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, commencing a $170 million mission to study a phenomenon of space physics that has eluded researchers since the dawn of the Space Age.
After soaring skyward due east, the rocket's first-stage booster landed aboard SpaceX's drone ship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX got to within 15 seconds of a launch from Cape Canaveral on Monday, but a “hold, hold, hold” call from among the mission control team members forced an abort. They were back for another try Tuesday and pulled it off.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch from California on a TRACERS satellite mission for NASA. What time is liftoff, and will it be visible in Arizona?