Tag: Fifth Attempt

SpaceX Successfully Launches Italian Satellite on Fifth Attempt

Florida Today reports that a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket “finally broke a scrub streak Monday, vaulting an Earth observation satellite into skies so clear that the entire process from launch to landing back at Cape Canaveral was easily visible to watchers along the coast.” The rocket carried the Italian Space Agency’s COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG-2) observation satellite.
Full Story (Florida Today)