{"id":8570,"date":"2020-08-31T00:44:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T05:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=8570"},"modified":"2020-08-31T00:44:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T05:44:39","slug":"spacex-launches-first-south-bound-rocket-from-florida-in-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=8570","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Launches First South-Bound Rocket From Florida in Decades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This evening, SpaceX launched another rocket from Florida, but this vehicle took a very different kind of path than most flights from the East Coast. Rather than head eastward after launch as most Florida missions do, SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket headed south after liftoff, skirting over Florida\u2019s southeast coast and heading over Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s because this mission was headed to what is known as a polar orbit \u2014 a path that runs mostly north-to-south over the Earth\u2019s poles. It\u2019s a type of mission you don\u2019t normally see taking place from Florida. In fact, this will be the first time since 1969 that a rocket taking off from Florida heads southward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up until now, most polar launches in the US have taken place from the southern coast of California. That way, the rockets fly over open ocean when they head southward and not over populated land. Rockets that launch from Florida head eastward toward the equator, so that they also fly over mostly open ocean before getting to space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click the link below for the full story and video!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/8\/30\/21407389\/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-launch-polar-orbit-cape-canaveral-florida<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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