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Watch Live: SpaceX Launches a ‘Very Hot and Fast’ Rocket

Watch Live: SpaceX Launches a ‘Very Hot and Fast’ Rocket

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successful landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket landing on a platform at sea in the Atlantic Ocean, on April 9, 2016.SPACEX/EPA

May 5, 2016 5:57 PM EDT

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will yet again try to make aerospace history by launching and then trying to land its drone rocket in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship, Of Course I Still Love You, will bring a Japanese satellite into orbit and will be heading up around 1:20 a.m. EST.

The landing will be more difficult than the successful touchdown of a Falcon 9 rocket in April, since will have less fuel to slow down and will be moving on a “very hot and fast mission,” Musk tweeted.

Watch the launch live above starting at 1:20 a.m. EST.

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