SpaceX planned water landing

The company SpaceX, previously successfully launched the Falcon 9 and also successfully landed it planned to launch a new land - this time in the Pacific Ocean.

According to Reuters, the new leadership of the planned flight SpaceX announced on Friday. Falcon 9 rocket with the satellite NASA, designed for ocean observation, will be launched on January 17 with the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Two minutes after the start of the first stage of the rocket separated and tried to sit on a barge floating in the Pacific Ocean.

Earlier, SpaceX has twice tried to land on the water surface. Attempts, however, were unsuccessful. However, the launch, held a month ago, the company added optimism.

The element of the Falcon 9, launched a US Air Force base at Cape Canaveral, successfully landed in a given area. "Landing in Ocean SpaceX will allow more flexibility in the implementation of space missions, ultimately reducing the overall cost of production due to the return of missiles," - explains the news. Similar efforts are now taking also working with NASA competitors Californian companies - Lockheed Martin and Boeing.

According to SpaceX, today the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket costs about 60 million dollars. According to company founder Elon Musk, fuel for each run is spent about 200 thousand. Dollars. Meanwhile, despite the successful landing stage of the Falcon 9 on the ground on December 21 to restore the returned item, likely yet to succeed. Another landing in SpaceX is scheduled for 2016 - the company hopes that this time the returning stage "will survive."