SpaceX Again Poised for Falcon 1 Rocket Debut

Posted on: Dec. 19th, 2005 || Source: space.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

The private launch firm SpaceX is once again ready for its spaceflight debut as its first Falcon 1 rocket sits poised to launch later today.

“All systems have passed their prelaunch checkout and we are go for launch,” said Elon Musk, founder of the El Segundo, California-based SpaceX, Sunday in a written update.

The rocket, whose inaugural flight for what SpaceX officials hope will be the first of a series of launches in upcoming months, is slated to lift off at 2:00 p.m. EST (1900 GMT) today from a pad at the U.S. Army’s Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kawajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands chain on the Pacific Ocean. The planned space shot has an eight-hour window to fly, about twice that of a scrubbed Nov. 26 launch attempt.

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