Launch at Last (but not too much of a landing)

[krpalmer]

I happened to see a bit of news this morning that another Falcon 9 rocket has launched, this one carrying a cluster of communications satellites. I'd known another launch of that particular rocket was upcoming but kept being put off; I even managed to be around to watch one particular instance of streaming coverage only for the launch to be called off at the last second. There seemed so many delays, though, that I'm not even sure that moment involved the rocket just launched.

In any case, the satellites did get into orbit, although it seems the latest test of a system that's eventually supposed to return the first stage to its launch site for reuse didn't quite work so well when trying to ditch in the ocean. I suppose we can only keep looking ahead.