DSCOVRFalcon 9 SpaceX Launch Status Success Wed · Feb 11th, 2015 6:03 PM EST Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvHJSIKP0Hg Mission DSCOVR Type: Earth Science A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Deep Space Climate Observatory for the U.S Air Force, NOAA and NASA. DSCOVR will be positioned at the L1 libration point to monitor space weather and Earth’s climate. Location Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral, FL, USA 209 launches have been at this location. Rocket Falcon 9 v1.1 Length: 68.4 meters Diameter: 3.65 meters First Launched: September 29, 2013 Falcon 9 v1.1 is a significantly redesigned version of the its predecessor, including a higher payload capacity. This version arranges the engines in a structural form SpaceX calls an Octaweb. The Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket has been launched a total of 15 times with 14 successful and 1 failed launches. Landing Atlantic – ATL The Atlantic ocean on the East coast of the United States is a common landing area for expended boosters. Ocean – Ocean Typically indicates a landing in which the booster is not recovered. Agency SpaceX Type: Commercial Abbreviation: SpX Administration: CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Launchers: Falcon Spacecraft: Dragon Country: USA Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas. View Rocket Launch Schedule