--- title: SpaceX Will Launch Another Falcon 9 Rocket description: SpaceX will launch another Falcon 9 rocket on Dec. 19, the company announced on Thursday canonical: https://time.com/4145457/spacex-falcon-rocket-launch/ author: Joanna Plucinska article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-11T07:51:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:56:52.978Z article:section: Science og:title: SpaceX Will Launch Another Falcon 9 Rocket og:description: The rocket is designed to carry satellites into low Earth orbit. og:url: https://time.com/4145457/spacex-falcon-rocket-launch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2d5c4a0d33d02e3/698874facf40a84b9dc410ab/478969086.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: 478969086 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: SpaceX Will Launch Another Falcon 9 Rocket twitter:description: The rocket is designed to carry satellites into low Earth orbit. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2d5c4a0d33d02e3/698874facf40a84b9dc410ab/478969086.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # SpaceX Will Launch Another Falcon 9 Rocket > Sponsored content. 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He revealed the improved Falcon 9R_ by [Joanna Plucinska](https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Dec 11, 2015 7:51 AM UTC  SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 28, 2015, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. After the launch the rocket exploded SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 28, 2015, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. After the launch the rocket exploded The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images by [Joanna Plucinska](https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Dec 11, 2015 7:51 AM UTC SpaceX will launch another [Falcon 9 rocket](http://news.yahoo.com/spacex-launch-rocket-dec-19-six-months-blast-222126269.html;%5Fylt=AwrC2Q65EWpWKmYA2knQtDMD;%5Fylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--) on Dec. 19, the company announced on Thursday. The new rocket is reportedly 30% more powerful and an upgraded version of the model that exploded 2 minutes after launching in late June. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attributed the launch failure at Cape Canaveral, Fla., on June 28 to a faulty strut, Agence France-Presse (AFP) adds. This time around, the rocket will transport satellites from U.S. company Orbcomm into low Earth orbit, a company spokesperson told AFP. The new rocket is also designed to facilitate a controlled landing: SpaceX hopes to be able to reuse rockets in the future, [AFP](http://news.yahoo.com/spacex-launch-rocket-dec-19-six-months-blast-222126269.html;%5Fylt=AwrC2Q65EWpWKmYA2knQtDMD;%5Fylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--) reports. SpaceX was the first commercial company to send cargo to space after signing a $1.6 billion contract with NASA. \[[_AFP_](http://news.yahoo.com/spacex-launch-rocket-dec-19-six-months-blast-222126269.html;%5Fylt=AwrC2Q65EWpWKmYA2knQtDMD;%5Fylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4145457/spacex-falcon-rocket-launch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4145457/spacex-falcon-rocket-launch/"},"headline":"SpaceX Will Launch Another Falcon 9 Rocket","datePublished":"2015-12-11T07:51:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:56:52.978Z","description":"The rocket is designed to carry satellites from U.S. company Orbcomm into low-earth orbit","url":"https://time.com/4145457/spacex-falcon-rocket-launch/","keywords":["Space","Elon Musk","Tesla","international space station","satellites","SpaceX"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2d5c4a0d33d02e3/698874facf40a84b9dc410ab/478969086.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joanna Plucinska","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2d5c4a0d33d02e3/698874facf40a84b9dc410ab/478969086.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"478969086","caption":"SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 28, 2015, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. 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