--- 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: This photo obtained from SpaceX on December 20, 2015 shows the Falcon 9 rocket on December 16, 2015. SpaceX on December 20, 2015 counted down to its first rocket launch since an explosion after liftoff destroyed its unmanned Dragon cargo ship bound for t og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Is Delayed a Day twitter:description: The rocket had been scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral on Sunday night twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b3d13fbcf0daf37/69887648a988ca1fde6b5d06/falcon-spacex.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Is Delayed a Day by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Dec 20, 2015 11:57 PM UTC  The Falcon 9 rocket, poised to launch at 8:29 pm on Dec. 21, 2015 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., as seen on Dec. 16, 2015. The Falcon 9 rocket, poised to launch at 8:29 pm on Dec. 21, 2015 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., as seen on Dec. 16, 2015.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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