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Falcon 9 Flight 21 (also known as Jason 3) is a Falcon 9 space launch currently scheduled to occur no earlier than 17 January 2016.

The launch will be only the second SpaceX launch following the catastrophic failure of a Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle's second stage on Falcon 9 Flight 19 in June 2015, which resulted in the total loss of the mission on that launch.

Launch schedule history

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The Jason-3 mission appeared on the SpaceX manifest as early as July 2013, with a no earlier than launch year of 2015.

Payload

The payload on Flight 21 will be a follow-on to the Ocean Surface Topography Mission (Jason-2), Jason-3. The initial OSTM satellite, Jason-1, was launched in 2001.

Post-mission landing attempt

Following paperwork filed with US regulatory authorities in 2015, SpaceX confirmed in January that they will attempt a vertical landing of the first stage on the west coast floating landing platform.

This follows the successful eighth test, and first successful landing and booster recovery, on the previous launch in December 2015. The controlled-descent through the atmosphere and landing attempt for each booster is an arrangement that is not used on other orbital launch vehicles.

See also

• List of Falcon 9 launches

References

1. Bergin, Chris (7 September 2015). "SpaceX conducts additional Falcon 9 improvements ahead of busy schedule". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
2. "CRS-7 Investigation Update". SpaceX. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015. Our investigation is ongoing until we exonerate all other aspects of the vehicle, but at this time, we expect to return to flight this fall and fly all the customers we intended to fly in 2015 by end of year.
3. "Jason-3 satellite". National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service. NOAA. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
4. "Launch Manifest - SpaceX". SpaceX. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
5. FAA regulatory application for early 2016 landing
6. SpaceX Plans Drone Ship Rocket Landing for Jan. 17 Launch, NBC News, 7 January 2016, accessed 8 January 2016.
7. "SpaceX ORBCOMM-2 Mission" (PDF). press kit. SpaceX. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015. This mission also marks SpaceX's return-to-flight as well as its first attempt to land a first stage on land. The landing of the first stage is a secondary test objective.
8. Gebhardt, Chris (31 December 2015). "Year In Review, Part 4: SpaceX and Orbital ATK recover and succeed in 2015". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
9. "SpaceX wants to land next booster at Cape Canaveral". Florida Today. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.

External links

• On previous flight, landing attempt, and successful landing and rocket recovery: Elon Musk’s SpaceX returns to flight and pulls off dramatic, historic landing, Washington Post, December 2015.

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