--- title: Watch SpaceX Launch Another Falcon 9 Rocket description: SpaceX will launch its first rocket since an earlier model bound for the International Space Station exploded after liftoff in June. canonical: https://time.com/4156402/spacex-launch-falcon-9-rocket/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-21T01:00:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:49:25.271Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch SpaceX Launch Another Falcon 9 Rocket og:description: The last rocket exploded two minutes after its launch og:url: https://time.com/4156402/spacex-launch-falcon-9-rocket/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4fa5a4106f518ac3/698876433c1639d44645b477/gettyimages-463214374.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: SpaceX Falcon9 blasts off og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch SpaceX Launch Another Falcon 9 Rocket twitter:description: The last rocket exploded two minutes after its launch twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4fa5a4106f518ac3/698876433c1639d44645b477/gettyimages-463214374.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch SpaceX Launch a Falcon 9 Rocket > Sponsored content. 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(Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images)  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Dec 21, 2015 1:00 AM UTC 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/) 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/) 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). 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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