SpaceX to try again to launch U.S. satellite in first national security mission


  • World
  • Thursday, 20 Dec 2018

(Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to blast off on Thursday after two cancelled launches earlier this week due to last-minute technical problems, but poor weather is looming as a potential problem.

The rocket will carry a roughly $500 million (396 million pound) global positioning system (GPS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin Corp and is due to take off from Florida's Cape Canaveral shortly after 9 a.m. local time (1400 GMT).

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