--- title: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Is Delayed a Day description: SpaceX delayed the scheduled launch of its Falcon 9 rocket Sunday to allow time "for more analysis." canonical: https://time.com/4156486/spacex-falcon-9-launch-delayed/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-20T23:57:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:32:01.216Z article:section: Science og:title: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Is Delayed a Day og:description: The rocket had been scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral on Sunday night og:url: https://time.com/4156486/spacex-falcon-9-launch-delayed/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b3d13fbcf0daf37/69887648a988ca1fde6b5d06/falcon-spacex.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: This photo obtained from SpaceX on December 20, 2015 shows the Falcon 9 rocket on December 16, 2015. 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HO/AFP/Getty Images by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Dec 20, 2015 11:57 PM UTC SpaceX delayed the scheduled launch of its Falcon 9 rocket Sunday to allow time “for more analysis.” The rocket had been scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 8:29 p.m. ET Sunday, but SpaceX [announced ](http://blog.orbcomm.com/orbcomm-og2-mission-2-launch-update/)at 4 p.m. that it would aim for a launch at 8:33 p.m. Monday. “Upon further review of the static fire data, SpaceX has determined that an additional day prior to launch will allow for more analysis and time to further chill the liquid oxygen in preparation for launch,” SpaceX said… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/spacex-falcon-9-launch-scheduled-sunday-delayed-one-day-n483536) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4156486/spacex-falcon-9-launch-delayed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4156486/spacex-falcon-9-launch-delayed/"},"headline":"SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Is Delayed a Day","datePublished":"2015-12-20T23:57:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:32:01.216Z","description":"The rocket had been scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral on Sunday night","url":"https://time.com/4156486/spacex-falcon-9-launch-delayed/","keywords":["space travel"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b3d13fbcf0daf37/69887648a988ca1fde6b5d06/falcon-spacex.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b3d13fbcf0daf37/69887648a988ca1fde6b5d06/falcon-spacex.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"This photo obtained from SpaceX on December 20, 2015 shows the Falcon 9 rocket on December 16, 2015. 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