--- title: SpaceX Relaunches Falcon 9 Rocket: Watch Live description: SpaceX is shooting a used Falcon 9 Rocket into space tonight, marking the first relaunch attempt in the space industry. canonical: https://time.com/4718588/watch-spacex-launch-live/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-30T16:14:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:07:33.964Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch Live: SpaceX Attempts First Rocket Relaunch into Space og:description: The launch window begins at 6:27 p.m. og:url: https://time.com/4718588/watch-spacex-launch-live/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71e9779e73b972b3/6988c0998e06019e7c469c19/spacex-rocket-relaunch-falcon-9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2754 og:image:height: 1549 og:image:alt: spacex rocket relaunch falcon 9 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: SpaceX Attempts First Rocket Relaunch into Space twitter:description: The launch window begins at 6:27 p.m. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71e9779e73b972b3/6988c0998e06019e7c469c19/spacex-rocket-relaunch-falcon-9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: SpaceX Attempts First Rocket Relaunch > Sponsored content. 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Orlando Sentinel—TNS via Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Mar 30, 2017 4:14 PM UTC SpaceX [is shooting](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-spacex-launch-idUSKBN1711JY) a used [Falcon 9 Rocket](http://time.com/4410638/vivid-photo-shows-successful-launch-and-land-of-a-spacex-rocket/) into space tonight, marking the first relaunch attempt for the space industry. [Elon Musk’s company](http://time.com/4685387/spacex-elon-musk-moon/) has [successfully landed](http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/30/15114044/spacex-launch-live-stream-start-time-schedule-used-falcon-9-rocket) 8 out of 13 rocket attempts since Dec. 2015\. The reuse-and-recycle approach it’s testing today is meant to save money, as SpaceX projects it can cut costs by 30% if it relaunches rockets rather than building new ones each time, _Reuters_ reports. “If one can figure out how to effectively reuse rockets just like airplanes, the cost of access to space will be reduced by as much as a factor of a hundred,” Musk said, according to a 2015 [SpaceX statement](http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/03/31/reusability-key-making-human-life-multi-planetary). “A fully reusable vehicle has never been done before. That really is the fundamental breakthrough needed to revolutionize access to space.” SpaceX hopes tonight’s launch will place a communications satellite into orbit for SES, a communications company based in Luxembourg, according to _Reuters_. The launch window at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida opens at 6:27 p.m. EDT and lasts until 8:57 p.m. EDT. 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