How to watch four rocket launches on a banner day for the space industry

The space industry is rocketing through the last few weeks of 2018 — today, there are four rockets slated to launch from locations all over the Western Hemisphere. Thanks to how the orbital mechanics of these flights worked out, you could potentially watch a launch during breakfast, lunch, and dinner (depending on when you eat your meals, of course). Here are the four rocket missions set for takeoff today, including what they’re launching and how to watch them. First Breakfast: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 What is it launching? SpaceX is launching its latest national security payload for the US Air Force — a satellite called GPS III SV01. The satellite was originally scheduled to fly on a Delta IV rocket made by the United Launch Alliance, but the... Continue reading…