Watch SpaceX count down to launch of JCSAT-16 satellite and a rocket landing

SpaceX is due to launch a second satellite for a Japanese communication company tonight, followed by another rocket landing attempt in the Atlantic Ocean. The JCSAT-16 satellite is to be launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida atop SpaceX’s two-stage Falcon 9 rocket, during a roughly two-hour window that opens at 1:26 a.m. ET Sunday (10:26 p.m. PT Saturday). SpaceX is scheduled to live-stream the countdown via its website and YouTube, beginning about 20 minutes before liftoff. This mission comes a little more than three months after the California-based company put JCSAT-14 into orbit for SKY Perfect JSAT, one of the Asia-Pacific region’s leading satellite operators. JCSAT-16 will serve as an in-orbit backup for SKY Perfect JSAT’s fleet, which provides video distribution and other data services in Asia, Russia, Oceania, the Middle East and North America. More

(Source: GeekWire - Aug 14)