SpaceX will try once again to launch a Spanish satellite into space from Florida early Tuesday morning.
The Elon Musk-led company had to delay its mission in late February because SpaceX officials wanted to test the Falcon 9 rocket’s payload fairing. The launch is planned for 12:33 a.m. Tuesday.
The rocket will carry with it a satellite for the 25-year-old Spanish communications operator Hispasat.
The launch, which will come from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, will mark SpaceX’s first mission since its historic Falcon Heavy rocket launch Feb. 6.
The company expects to try to land the rocket on its “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.
The 30W-6 satellite will provide coverage in Brazil and the Andes mountain range in South America. Hispasat distributes more than 1,250 television and radio channels through its satellites.
The launch pad roared back to life in December, when it hosted a SpaceX mission that sent 4,800 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station.
In February, government officials, space enthusiasts and industry professionals watched as the company debuted its Falcon Heavy, which is essentially a three-booster rocket.
Two of the rockets returned to a landing pad nearby as the third landed in the sea and was destroyed.
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