--- description: SpaceX will launch its first rocket since an earlier model bound for the International Space Station exploded after liftoff in June. title: Watch SpaceX Launch Another Falcon 9 Rocket image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4fa5a4106f518ac3/698876433c1639d44645b477/gettyimages-463214374.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch SpaceX Launch a Falcon 9 Rocket  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 21, 2015 1:00 AM CUT  A SpaceX Falcon9 rocket blasts off the launch pad on Feb. 11, 2015. A SpaceX Falcon9 rocket blasts off the launch pad on Feb. 11, 2015.(Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images)  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 21, 2015 1:00 AM CUT SpaceX on Monday will launch its first rocket since an [earlier model bound for the International Space Station exploded after liftoff](http://time.com/4145457/spacex-falcon-rocket-launch/ "undefined") in late June. The California-based company is set to launch the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida between 8:33 p.m. and 9:05 p.m. ET. After liftoff, SpaceX will attempt to land the rocket in an upright position on solid ground. [Previous attempts](http://time.com/3824325/watch-spacex-rocket-land-slow-motion/ "undefined") to recover the first-stage of the Falcon 9 using drone ships at sea have failed. “If successful, this test would mark the first time in history an orbital rocket has successfully achieved a land landing,” SpaceX said in a statement. The rocket is designed to carry satellites from U.S. company Orbcomm into low-earth orbit. It’s more powerful and an upgraded version of the unmanned Dragon cargo ship that exploded six months ago, [Agence France-Presse reported](http://news.yahoo.com/spacex-counts-down-first-rocket-launch-since-blast-145338613.html "undefined"). SpaceX CEO Elon Musk blamed the last failure on a faulty strut, according to AFP. You can watch a livestream of the launch above starting around 8 p.m. ET. 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