SpaceX Plans To Push Falcon 9 Launch By Mid-December

Last September 1, SpaceX faced a big controversy following the unexpected explosion of Falcon 9 before it was scheduled for launching. The explosion happened in Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Florida.

Two months after the explosion, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is delightful to push and inform the public that the company is planning to do a relaunch of Falcon 9 by Mid-December. His confidence is rooted from the positive turnout of the investigation about SpaceX's Falcon 9 explosion, Nature World News reports.

The investigation revealed that the explosion was not done intentionally. During an interview with CNBC, Musk disclosed what investigators found out about the incident. The prevailing reason behind the explosion is a liquid oxygen which got ignited when SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was being fueled. Musk was surprised with the investigation results, given that SpaceX has their unique way of fuelling their rockets.

"I think we've gotten to the bottom of the problem. It's never happened before in history. So that's why it took us awhile to sort it out," Musk remarked. Standard Media recalls that the incident damaged SpaceX Falcon 9's fleet and Israeli's $200 million worth of communication satellite.

According to MobiPicker, this communication satellite was owned by Facebook. The social media giant was aiming to make Facebook available in most parts of Africa. This was marked as the second time that a mishap was heard under SpaceX's company within 14 months of its operation.

Elon Musk has not disclosed yet, though, which aircraft will fly this time. However, it was already revealed that SpaceX will put their base on a new launch pad located in Kennedy Space Center, Florida. They have also announced the possibility that the aircraft might fly from their West Coast Site located in Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.